Hadith #68
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أُمِّهِ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَةِ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ كَانَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ مِنْ أَفَاضِلِ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنِّي أَكُونُ كَمَا أَكُونُ عَلَى أَحْوَالٍ ثَلَاثٍ مِنْ أَحْوَالِي لَكُنْتُ حِينَ أَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَحِينَ أَسْمَعُهُ يُقْرَأُ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُ خُطْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِذَا شَهِدْتُ جِنَازَةً وَمَا شَهِدْتُ جِنَازَةً قَطُّ فَحَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي بِسِوَى مَا هُوَ مَفْعُولٌ بِهَا وَمَا هِيَ صَائِرَةٌ إِلَيْهِ
English Translation
ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us, Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb informed us, from ʿUmārah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, from his mother Fāṭimah bint Ḥusayn, from ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها, that she used to say: Usayd ibn Ḥuḍayr was among the most virtuous of people, and he used to say, 'If I could remain as I am in three of my states, I would be — when I recite the Quran, when I hear it being recited, and when I hear the sermon of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when I attend a funeral.' He said, 'I have never attended a funeral without reflecting upon what will be done to the deceased and what they are heading toward.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 36, Hadith 68
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18306
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54696