Hadith 1111

Chapter 17

باب 17

(17) باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ وَاتِّبَاعِهَا

(17) Chapter: The virtue of offering the funeral prayer and following the bier (ES)
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ، بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رِجَالٌ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ وَقَالَ " وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ " .

This hadith is narrated on thp authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters (with these words):
" He who followed it (the bier) till he (the dead) is buried." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 945 c (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 11, Hadith 69 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 2064 (ES)