Reports on the deceased being followed with an incense burner

It is narrated from Ibn Ma'qil that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not take a censer along with my funeral."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not follow my funeral with fire (a censer)."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not follow my funeral with fire, and do not place a Christian's velvet cloth on my bier."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) left the instruction: "Do not follow my funeral with a censer, and do not place a red velvet cloth over me."

It is narrated from Bakr that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) left the instruction: "Do not follow my funeral with voices or fire, and do not throw stones on me" - meaning the clods of earth that lie at the edges of the grave.

Abd al-A'la said: Sa'id bin Jubayr saw a censer at a funeral, so he broke it and said: "I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: 'Do not imitate the People of the Book.'"

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin disliked that a censer be carried along with a funeral.

Al-Sha'bi said: "When you take the deceased out, do not follow him with fire."

Mansur said: Ibrahim disliked that a censer be carried along with the funeral.

Ibn Awn said: We went to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i in the morning, and the people told us that he had passed away and had been buried during the night. Then Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad told us that he had left the instruction: "Do not follow my funeral with fire, and do not place on me any of the 'Arzami (name of a place) bricks that are made from refuse."

Ibn Awn said: We came to the house of Ibrahim after his death and asked: "What did he leave instructions about?" They said: He instructed: "Do not follow my funeral with fire; dig a lahd (niche grave) for me; and do not put 'Arzami bricks in my grave."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A funeral is not to be followed with fire or voices, nor is anyone to walk in front of it."

Hanash bin al-Mu'tamir said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was at a funeral when he saw a woman who had a censer with her. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Drive her away." He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained standing until the people said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, she has disappeared into the thickets of Madinah."