Question:
Salaams,
Could you provide further information on the following hadith:
Abu Bakr Ibn Abu Dunya wrote in the book Ahkam al-Qubur (The Rules of Graves), based on a long chain of citation, that the Prophet said: “Daniel prayed to his Lord, Great and Majestic for the nation of Muhammad to bury him.” And he (i.e. Muhammad, PBUH) said: “Whoever discovers Daniel give him tidings of Paradise.” The man who discovered him (his corpse) was called Harqus. Umar sent to Abu Musa saying: “Bury him; and send to Harqus, for the Prophet has given him promise of Paradise.”
This hadith is mursal (it has a good chain of citation) as it is recorded, and Allah knows best.
MaSalaama
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Daniel’s dua is narrated in Ibn Abi Shayba’s Musannaf from Sayyidina `Umar (r) and in Ibn Abi Dawud’s Masahif with strong chains, along with the account of the discovery of his grave by Hurqus and the practice of istisqa’ through it but with the addition: the people would bring him out to pray for rain and it would rain.
Wassalam,
Hajj Gibril Haddad
