Those who liked walking behind the funeral

Suwayd bin Ghafalah said: The angels walk behind the funeral.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Part of the complete reward of a funeral is that it is escorted from among its family, and walking behind it.

Umarah says: Abu Ma'mar was saying at the funeral of Abu Maysarah: "Walk behind the funeral of Abu Maysarah, for he used to walk behind funerals."

Mu'tamir bin Sulayman narrates from his father: "I saw Abu Qilabah more than once placing the funerals on his right side."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abza (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was at a funeral; Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were in front of the funeral, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was walking behind. I went to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Is walking behind the funeral better, or in front of it? For I see you walking behind, while these two are walking in front." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We know well that walking behind the funeral is better than walking in front of it, just as the congregational prayer is better than the prayer of a person alone. Those two are walking in front for ease; they love to make things easy for people."

Abu Majid says: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) about the pace with the funeral. He said: "The pace is somewhat less than a trot. The funeral is to be followed, not to follow (that is, people follow it by walking behind it), and whoever goes ahead of it is not with it."

It is narrated from Murayh bin Masruq that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every nation has an offering (qurban), and the offering of this nation is its dead; so place your dead (at the funeral) in front of you."

Abu al-Nu'man says: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "That I do not go out with the funeral at all is dearer to me than that I walk in front of it."

Abdullah bin Rabah said: For the one who walks in the funeral there is a reward of two qirats, and for the rider one qirat.