Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1484
What was narrated concerning walking ahead of the funeral (procession)
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مَاجِدَةَ الْحَنَفِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِتَابِعَةٍ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا "
Translation
It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said
‘The funeral should be followed and should not follow.There should be no one with it who walks ahead of it.”