Reports on what suffices in carrying a funeral

Ubayd bin Nistas said: We were with Abu Ubaydah bin Abdullah at a funeral, and he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When one of you is at a funeral, let him give his shoulder to all four sides of the bier, for this is part of the Sunnah. Then let him carry it (voluntarily) or leave it (for others)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever carries the funeral three times has fulfilled the right that was due from him."

Amir bin Jushayb and others from the people of Sham said: Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Part of the complete reward of a funeral is that one accompanies it from its family's home, carries it by its four corners, and throws soil into the grave."