Hadith 97

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 21: The Book of Funerals Sahih

Chapter 44

Hastening With The Janazah

باب السُّرْعَةِ بِالْجَنَازَةِ ‏

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1914
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ دُرُسْتَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِكُمْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقُومُوا فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلاَ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏"
It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed that the Messenger of Allah said:

"When a funeral passes by you, stand up, and whoever follows it, let him not sit down until it is put down (in the grave)."