Hadith 3978

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى الْجَابِرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَاجِدِ الْحَنَفِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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 " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about walking with a funeral procession. He (peace be upon him) said: "A pace that does not amount to running; if he was righteous, then he is being quickly taken towards his good end, and if he was not so, then the people of Hell should be kept far away. And the funeral should be followed, not preceded (the funeral should be in front and those walking should be behind it)."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 3978
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