Hadith 40

Bulugh al-Maram

Book 3: Funerals

Chapter 1

Bulugh al-Maram 571
وَعَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { نُهِينَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ, وَلَمْ يُعْزَمْ عَلَيْنَا } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1‏ .‏
Umm ‘Atiyah (RAA) narrated, ‘We were forbidden to accompany funeral processions, but this prohibition was not mandatory for us.’ Agreed upon.