23. Janāʾiz (Funerals)

٢٣۔ كتاب الجنائز

23.50 Men, and not women, are to carry the coffin

٢٣۔٥٠ باب حَمْلِ الرِّجَالِ الْجِنَازَةَ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ

bukhari:1314ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Layth > Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, When the funeral is ready and the men carry it on their shoulders, if the deceased was righteous it will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),' and if he was not righteous, it will say, 'Woe to it (me)! Where are they taking it (me)?' Its voice is heard by everything except man and if he heard it he would fall unconscious."  

البخاري:١٣١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجِنَازَةُ وَاحْتَمَلَهَا الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ قَدِّمُونِي وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَهَا أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا كُلُّ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ الإِنْسَانَ وَلَوْ سَمِعَهُ صَعِقَ