23. Janāʾiz (Funerals)

٢٣۔ كتاب الجنائز

23.51 Hurrying up with the coffin

٢٣۔٥١ باب السُّرْعَةِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ

[Machine] And Anas said, "You are walking, and go in front of her, behind her, to her right, and to her left." And another person said, "Close to her."

وَقَالَ أَنَسٌ ؓ أَنْتُمْ مُشَيِّعُونَ، وَامْشِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا، وَخَلْفَهَا وَعَنْ يَمِينِهَا، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهَا. وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا.

bukhari:1315ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ḥafiẓnāh from al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Hurry up with the dead body for if it was righteous, you are forwarding it to welfare; and if it was otherwise, then you are putting off an evil thing down your necks."  

البخاري:١٣١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَفِظْنَاهُ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجِنَازَةِ فَإِنْ تَكُ صَالِحَةً فَخَيْرٌ تُقَدِّمُونَهَا {إِلَيْهِ} وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَشَرٌّ تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ