سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجنائزFunerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)
باب فِي النَّارِ يُتْبَعُ بِهَا الْمَيِّتُChapter: Carrying Fire With The Janazah.
Hadith 3171
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ،حَدَّثَنِي بَابُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : لَا تُتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةُ بِصَوْتٍ وَلَا نَارٍ، زَادَ هَارُونُ : وَلَا يُمْشَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا " .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: 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. "
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
However, the ruling remains that there should not be any wailing (niyahah) with the deceased.
Wailing (niyahah) is prohibited everywhere.
And nowadays, the innovation (bid‘ah) that has become common,
that while carrying the deceased, people call out the testimony of faith (kalimah shahadah),
this is included among the prohibited voices mentioned in the hadith.
It is narrated with an authentic chain in Sunan al-Kubra by al-Bayhaqi and in Kitab al-Zuhd,
that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in), while carrying the deceased,
considered raising the voice to be disliked (makruh).
(Sunan al-Kubra lil-Bayhaqi: 4/74,
and Kitab al-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubarak, p. 83) And it is also not permissible to carry fire,
as is done among Christians and others who carry torches,
or as people among us place lamps on graves.
However, arranging for light at night for the purpose of burial is permissible due to a legitimate Shar‘i need.
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
However, the ruling remains that there should not be any wailing (niyahah) with the deceased.
Wailing (niyahah) is prohibited everywhere.
And nowadays, the innovation (bid‘ah) that has become common,
that while carrying the deceased, people call out the testimony of faith (kalimah shahadah),
this is included among the prohibited voices mentioned in the hadith.
It is narrated with an authentic chain in Sunan al-Kubra by al-Bayhaqi and in Kitab al-Zuhd,
that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in), while carrying the deceased,
considered raising the voice to be disliked (makruh).
(Sunan al-Kubra lil-Bayhaqi: 4/74,
and Kitab al-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubarak, p. 83) And it is also not permissible to carry fire,
as is done among Christians and others who carry torches,
or as people among us place lamps on graves.
However, arranging for light at night for the purpose of burial is permissible due to a legitimate Shar‘i need.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3171
