Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1914

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ دُرُسْتَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِكُمْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقُومُوا فَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا فَلاَ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Durust narrated to us, saying: Abu Isma‘il narrated to us, from Yahya, that Abu Salamah told him, from Abu Sa‘id, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘When a funeral bier passes by you, stand. Whoever follows it should not sit down until it has been set down.’