رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1320
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- 36
Chapter 1
Chapter context: Obligation of Jihad
- باب وجوب الجهاد وفضل الغدوة والروحة
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Original Arabic
وعن جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما قال: جيء بأبي إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قد مثل به فوضع بين يديه، فذهبت أكشف عن وجهه فنهاني قوم فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "ما زالت الملائكة تظله بأجنحتها” ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The dead body of my father, who was mutilated by the enemy, was brought and placed before the Prophet (ﷺ). I got up to uncover his face but the people stopped me, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The angels continue to cover him with their wings." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1320 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 12, The Book of Jihad, as in-book entry 36 under the chapter “Obligation of Jihad.”
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