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Sahih Muslim 959a

Chapter: Standing for funerals

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 959a

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

إِذَا اتَّبَعْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏"

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).

Reported by Muslim (No. 959a), Abu Dawud (No. 3173) and Ahmad (No. 10900).

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (6354)إِذَا تَبِعْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَلا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (6355)إِذَا تَبِعْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَلا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (1952)إِذَا شَيَّعْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَلا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • شرح السنة (1477)إِذَا كُنْتُمْ مَعَ جِنَازَةٍ ، فَلا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (1143)إِذَا تَبِعْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَلا تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ

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