(16) باب الإِسْرَاعِ بِالْجَنَازَةِ
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying:
Hasten at a funeral, for if (the dead person) is good, you would (soon) bring him close to the good. And if it is otherwise, it is an evil of which you are ridding yourselves. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 944 c (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 11, Hadith 66 (DE)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 2061 (DE)