Carrying Fire With The Janāzah
Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3171 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 203
Source no. 3171 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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ضعيف، الإرواء (٧٤٢) // ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٦١٩٠) //
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3171. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The Janāzah should not be followed with any sound (i.e., wailing) or with fire (i.e., incense and so on)." (Ḍa'if) Abū Dāwūd said: Hārūn (one of the narrators) added: "And it should not be preceded (with those things) either."
3171 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنِي بَابُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تُتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةُ بِصَوْتٍ، وَلَا نَارٍ» زَادَ هَارُونُ: «وَلَا يُمْشَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا»
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There should be no mourners with the funeral procession. It is also prohibited to carry fire along with the procession such as the Christians do, when they carry torches on such occasions, or how people do when they light incense or the like on graves.