Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1478
حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نِسْطَاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ جِنَازَةً فَلْيَحْمِلْ بِجِوَانِبِ السَّرِيرِ كُلِّهَا فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَتَطَوَّعْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَدَعْ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Humayd ibn Mas‘adah narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ubayd ibn Nistās, from Abu Ubaydah, who said: Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud said: ‘Whoever follows a funeral procession should carry each side of the bier, for this is Sunnah. After that, if he wishes, he may continue voluntarily; and if he wishes, he may leave it.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This is a statement attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud through Abu Ubaydah; it is not phrased as a prophetic report in this source.