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ahmad:9515 – Ismāʿīl > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá > a man > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not follow a funeral with fire or loud voices."

أحمد:٩٥١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُتْبَعُ الْجِنَازَةُ بِنَارٍ وَلَا صَوْتٍ

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abudawud:3171 – [Chain 1] Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad [Chain 2] Ibn al-Muthanná > Abū Dāwud > Ḥarb / Ibn Shaddād > Yaḥyá > Bāb b. ʿUmayr > a man from Ahl al-Madīnah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet (said) said: A bier should not be followed by a loud voice (of wailing) or fire. Abu Dawud said: Harun (one of the narrators) added: "And it should not be preceded (with those) either."

أبو داود:٣١٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنِي بَابُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةُ بِصَوْتٍ وَلاَ نَارٍ زَادَ هَارُونُ وَلاَ يُمْشَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا