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«كل ابن آدم تأكله الأرض، إلا عجب الذنب. منه خلق، وفيه يركب»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Chain of transmission
- Malik ibn Anas
- Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj
- Abu Hurayra
- Muhammad
Summary
Malik transmits from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), that the Prophet ﷺ said that the earth consumes every son of Adam except the coccyx bone; from it he was created, and from it he will be reassembled. The editor notes that Abu Musab transmitted it from Malik, followed by Ibn Hibban, Suwayd, al-Qanabi in Abu Dawud, Ibn Wahb in al-Tahawi, and Qutayba in al-Nasai. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Funerals. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Abu Hurayra, Abd al-Rahman ibn Hormoz al-Araj, Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad. Built on in the chapters on the afterlife.
Connections
People and things also explored
Muwatta 644· Muwatta 566· Muwatta 645· Muwatta 646· Muwatta 647· Muwatta 29· Muwatta 33· Muwatta 40
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.328
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 642”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-2-642/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.