Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1911

The Book of Funerals Search within the hadiths
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1911
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَدَّمْتُمُوهَا إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ كَانَتْ شَرًّا تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Suwayd narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, who said: Abu Umamah ibn Sahl told me that Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: ‘Hasten with the funeral bier. If it is righteous, you are taking it ahead to goodness; if it is otherwise, it is an evil that you are setting down from your necks.’