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1011. Yahya, the Imām of Banū Taimillāh, narrated from Abū Mājid from ‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd who said: “We asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about walking behind the funeral. He said: ‘Less than a trot.’[1] For if he was good, then you will be hastening him to it (goodness), and if he was evil, then it is only an inhabitant of the Fire that is being taken away.” The funeral is (to be) followed. The one who precedes it shall not have the reward of those who follow it.”[2] (Da’if)
Abū ‘Eisā said: We do not know of this as a narration of ‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd except from this route.
(He said:) I heard Muḥammad bin Ismā’il grading this narration of Abū Mājid weak. Muḥammad said: “Al-Ḥumaidī said: ‘Ibn ‘Uyainah said: “Yahya was asked about who this Abū Mājid was. He said: “A person who appeared unexpectedly and he narrated to us.”’
Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others followed this. They thought that walking behind (the funeral) was more virtuous. It was the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Ishāq. Abū Mājid is an unknown person, he has two Aḥādīth from Ibn Mas’ūd. Yahya,
the Imām of Banū Taimillāh is trustworthy. His Kunyah is Abul-Hārith, and they call him Yāhya Al-Jābir, and they also call him Yāhya Al-Mujbir. He is from Al-Kūfah, Shu'bah, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Abū Al-Aḥwaṣ, and Sufyān bin 'Uyainah report from him.
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Footnotes
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[1] Meaning, walk quickly, but not as fast as a trot.
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[2] That is: He does not get rewarded. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
Accompanying a funeral is just to carry the deceased to the graveyard, and for this purpose any convenient way can be adopted.
