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Jamiat Tirmidhi: Hadith 1017

10. 'The Book on Jana''''iz (Funerals)'

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1017
Jamiat Tirmidhi
Sahih (Darussalam)
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."
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1015
In-book : Book 10, Hadith 51
English translation : Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1015