Al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The rider should travel behind the funeral (procession) but the one who is walking may walk wherever he wants.”
Read More..It was narrated from Salim that his father said: “I saw the Prophet (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and ‘Umar walking ahead of the funeral (procession).”
Read More..It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman used to walk ahead of the funeral (procession).”
Read More..It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The funeral should be followed and should not follow. There should be no one with it who walks ahead of it.”
Read More..It was narrated that ‘Imran bin Husain and Abu Barzah said: “We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to attend a funeral, and he saw some people who had cast aside their upper sheets and were walking in their shirts only. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Are you adopting the practice of the days of ignorance?’ or; ‘Are you imitating the behaviour of the days of ignorance? I was about to supplicate against you that you would return in a different form.’ So they put their sheets back on and never did that again.”
Read More..It was narrated from ‘Ali bin Abu Talib that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not delay the funeral once it is ready.”
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