Tirmidhi 1015 · Book 10

Jami at-Tirmidhi, 1015

The Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)

Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَيْرًا تُقَدِّمُوهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ شَرًّا تَضَعُوهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Abu Hurairah narrated that:The Prophet said: "Hurry up with the funeral (procession) for if it was good, you are advancing it to good, and if it was evil, then you are taking it off your necks

Grades given by scholars

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih
Al-Albani: Sahih
Bashar Awad Maarouf: Hasan Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih - Agreed Upon

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