Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 945 c
Book 11: The Book of Prayer – Funerals
Chapter 17 The virtue of offering the funeral prayer and following the bier
باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ وَاتِّبَاعِهَا
Sahih Muslim 945 c
This hadith is narrated on thp authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters (with these words):” He who followed it (the bier) till he (the dead) is buried.”
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ، بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رِجَالٌ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ وَقَالَ ” وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ ” .
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