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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Prayer - Funerals

Sahih Muslim 960a

Chapter: Standing for funerals

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 960a

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وَحَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ - عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ، بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَرَّتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا يَهُودِيَّةٌ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا ‏"

It is narrated on the authority of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah:

There passed a bier and the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for it and we also stood up along with him. We said: Messenger of Allah, that was the bier of a Jewess. Upon this he remarked: Verily, death is a matter of consternation, so whenever you come across a bier stand up.

Reported by Muslim (No. 960a) and Ahmad (No. 13906).

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1649

Jabir said that when a funeral passed by God’s messenger stood up [to show respect] and they stood up along with him. They told him it was a Jewish funeral and he replied, “Death is a fearful event, so when you see a funeral stand up.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: مَرَّتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا يَهُودِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ فَإِذَا…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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  • الأوسط في السنن والإجماع والاختلاف لابن المنذر (2986)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا ، فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا ، فَلا يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ
  • الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ من الآثار للحازمي (196)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا لَهَا
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (2035)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ ، فَقُومُوا
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (1954)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (1773)الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجِنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا
  • مسند عبد بن حميد (1161)إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ جِنَازَةً فَقُومُوا

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 572

"Stand up when you see a funeral procession, and he who accompanies it should not sit down until the coffin is placed on the ground." Agreed upon.

وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ: { إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا, فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلَا يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1‏ .‏ ‏1 ‏-…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 10 other versions

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1915

"When any one of you sees a funeral and is not walking with it, let him stand up until it has passed him, or until (the body) is placed (in the grave) before if passes him."

"‏ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَاشِيًا مَعَهَا فَلْيَقُمْ حَتَّى تُخَلِّفَهُ أَوْ تُوضَعَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُخَلِّفَهُ ‏"

Narrated by Amir ibn Rabī‘a + 4 other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3173

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When you follow a funeral, do not sit until the bier is placed (on the ground). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri (i.e. Sufyan) from Suhail, from his father on the authority of Abu Hurairah. This version has: until it (the bier) is…

إِذَا تَبِعْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 2 other versions