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An Nasai: Hadith 1920

21. The Book of Funerals

سنن النسائي

10/44 Chapter:

Congregation when there are three people

باب الْجَمَاعَةُ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً رَجُلٌ وَصَبِيٌّ وَامْرَأَةٌ

1920
An Nasai
Sahih (Darussalam)
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ تَكُ صَالِحَةً فَخَيْرٌ تُقَدِّمُونَهَا إِلَيْهِ وَإِنْ تَكُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَشَرٌّ تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏‏
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah, who attributed it to the Prophet:
"Hasten with the Janazah, for if it was righteous then your are taking it toward something good, and if it was otherwise, then it is an evil of which you are relieving yourselves."
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1910
In-book : Book 21, Hadith 93
English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1911