Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik

Book 16: Burials
Book 16, Hadith 11
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمَشْىُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ مِنْ خَطَإِ السُّنَّةِ ‏.‏
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "Walking behind the bier is in contradiction to the sunna."