11/17. Chapter:
The virtue of offering the funeral prayer and following the bier
Sahih Muslim : 945c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 945c
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 " .
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."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 945cIn-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 69USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 2064
