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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 540

16. Burials

موطأ مالك

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Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمَشْىُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ مِنْ خَطَإِ السُّنَّةِ ‏.‏
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "Walking behind the bier is in contradiction to the sunna."
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 16, Hadith 11
Arabic : Book 16, Hadith 533