Hadith 74

Sahih Muslim

Book 11: The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Chapter 17

The virtue of offering the funeral prayer and following the bier

باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ وَاتِّبَاعِهَا ‏

Sahih Muslim 946a
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ - حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيِّ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ فَإِنْ شَهِدَ دَفْنَهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ الْقِيرَاطُ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ ‏"
Thauban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

He who offered prayer for the dead, for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who attended its burial, he would have two qirats as his reward. And qirat is equivalent to Uhud.

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Ma'dan bin Abi Talha

معدان بن أبي طلحة ويقال بن طلحة

22 narrations

follower
2

Salm bin Abi al-Ja'd

سالم بن أبي الجعد

98 narrations

follower
3

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

successor
4

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
5

Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan

يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

1,359 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar

محمد بن بشار بندار

1,311 narrations