We asked the Prophet ﷺ about walking with the funeral. He replied: Not running (but walking quickly). If he (the dead person) was good, send him to it quickly; if he was otherwise, keep away the people of Hell. The bier should be followed and should not follow. Those who go in front of it are not accompanying it. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Yahya b. 'Abd Allah is weak. He is Yahya al-Jabir Abu Dawud said: This is from Kufah, and Abu Majidah is from Basrah. Abu Dawud said: Abu Majidah is obscure.  

سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ الْمَشْىِ مَعَ الْجَنَازَةِ فَقَالَ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ إِنْ يَكُنْ خَيْرًا تَعَجَّلْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لأَهْلِ النَّارِ وَالْجَنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلاَ تُتْبَعُ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا  

From Abdullah bin Mas'ud who said: "We asked the Messenger of Allah about walking behind the funeral. He said: 'Less than a trot. For if he was good, then you will be hastening him to it (goodness), and if he was evil, then it id only an inhabitant of the Fire that is being taken away." The funeral is (to be) followed. The one who precedes it shall not have the reward of those who follow it.'"  

سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَشْىِ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ فَقَالَ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ فَإِنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا عَجَّلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرًّا فَلاَ يُبَعَّدُ إِلاَّ أَهْلُ النَّارِ الْجَنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلاَ تَتْبَعُ وَلَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا  

[Machine] "Abu Majid is a man from the Banu Hanifa tribe who narrated that Abdullah ibn Masud said: 'We asked our Prophet ﷺ about walking in the funeral procession. He replied, 'Walking behind the funeral procession is what is underneath the clouds. If it is good, then hasten towards it, or he said, 'Hasten towards it.' And if it is not good, then it is far from the people of the Fire. The funeral procession is followed and it should not be followed. There is no one among them who preceded it.'"  

أَنَّ أَبَا مَاجدٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ السَّيْرِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ؟ فَقَالَ السَّيْرُ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ فَإِنْ يَكُ خَيْرًا تُعْجَلْ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ قَالَ لِتُعْجَلْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَاكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَا تَتْبَعُ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا  

[Machine] We asked our Prophet ﷺ about the funeral procession, and he said that the procession should be ahead of the coffin, for if it is a good person, it will be hurried towards their destination, and if it is otherwise, then it will be distancing the people of Hellfire. The funeral procession follows, and it is not from us those who precede it.  

سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ السَّيْرِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ فَقَالَ السَّيْرُ دُونَ الْخَبَبِ فَإِنْ يَكُ خَيْرًا تُعْجَلْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا  

[Machine] We asked our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) about the procession with the funeral? So he said the procession is until the grave. If it is good, it is expedited or it is expedited to it. But if it is other than that, the funeral is followed by distance for the people of fire. It is not from us that someone precedes it.  

سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ السَّيْرِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ؟ فَقَالَ السَّيْرُ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ فَإِنْ يَكُ خَيْرًا يُعَجَّلْ أَوْ تُعَجَّلْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَا تَتْبَعُ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا  

[Machine] The journey below the grave, if it is good, it is hastened towards it, and if it is otherwise, it is a distance for the people of the Fire. The funeral procession is followed, and there is no one who precedes it except that Abu Majid is unknown, and Yahya al-Jabir weakened him, a group of the people of narration. And Allah knows best.  

السَّيْرُ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ إِنْ يَكُ خَيْرًا يُعَجَّلْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَا تَتْبَعُ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا مَنْ يَقْدَمُهَا أَبُو مَاجِدٍ مَجْهُولٌ وَيَحْيَى الْجَابِرُ ضَعَّفَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّقْلِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

"مَا دُونَ الخَبَب، إِنْ يَكُنْ خَيرًا يُعَجلْ إِلَيه، وَإنْ يَكُنَ غَيرَ ذَلكَ فَبُعْدًا لأهِلِ النَّار، وَالجَنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ، وَلَا تَتْبَع، لَيسَ مَعَهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا".