A horse without a saddle was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he rode it when he was leaving the funeral of Ibn Dahdah, while we walked around him.In another narration, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the funeral prayer over Ibn Dahdah. Then a bare horse was brought to him, which a man had hobbled, and he mounted it. The horse began to trot briskly with him while we followed, hurrying behind him.A man from the group said, "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'How many a cluster of dates is hanging,'" or he said, "'dangling in Paradise for Ibn Dahdah.'" Shuba said, "For Abu Dahdah."In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ followed the funeral of Abu Dahdah on foot and returned on horseback.
أتي النبي ﷺ بفرس معرورى فركبه حين انصرف من جنازة ابن الدحداح ونحن نمشي حوله. وفي رواية: صلى رسول الله ﷺ على ابن الدحداح، ثم أتي بفرس عري فعقله رجل فركبه، فجعل يتوقص به، ونحن نتبعه نسعى خلفه، قال: فقال رجل من القوم: إن النبي ﷺ قال: كم من عذق معلق (أو مدلى) في الجنة لابن الدحداح. وقال شعبة: لأبي الدحداح. وفي رواية: أن النبي ﷺ تبع جنازة أبي الدحداح ماشيا، ورجع على فرس.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Funerals (965) through several routes from Waki, from Malik ibn Mighwal, from Simak bin Harb, from Jabir bin Samura, who said, then he narrated the hadith. The second narration is also found in Muslim through another route from Muhammad bin Jafar, from Shuba, from Simak, with the same wording. The third narration is found in Tirmidhi (1014) through another route from Abu Qutayba, from Jarrah, from Simak, with the same wording. Tirmidhi said, "Hasan sahih."As for his saying "bifarasin maruriya," and in another wording "bifarasin uriyin," it means a horse without a saddle. It is said "farasun urin," and it is also said "aaraun." One says "aarawra farasahu" when he rides it bareback. One does not say "rajulun uriyun" of a man, but rather "uryan." Qurtubi said, the narration transmitted as "bifarasin marur" has no basis.As for his saying "yatawaqqasu," it means it sways from side to side and takes short steps.As for his saying, "How many a cluster hanging in Paradise belongs to Ibn Dahdah," the word "idhq" with a kasra means a palm branch, while with a fatha it means a palm tree. "Dahdah" refers to a man who is short, less than average height. Shuba said "Abu Dahdah," while others said "Ibn Dahdah." The Prophet ﷺ said this to him because of an incident that took place, which is that an orphan disputed with Abu Lubaba over a palm tree, and the boy wept. The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Lubaba, "Give it to him, and you shall have a cluster in Paradise in its place." He said, "No." Ibn Dahdah heard of this, so he bought the palm tree from Abu Lubaba in exchange for a garden of his. Then he said to the Prophet ﷺ, "Will I have a cluster in Paradise if I give it to the orphan?" The Prophet said, "Yes." When Ibn Dahdah accepted that, the Prophet ﷺ said to him these words. Other accounts have also been reported. See Al-Mufhim (2/623).