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كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Prayer - Funerals
" إِذَا اتَّبَعْتُمْ جَنَازَةً فَلاَ تَجْلِسُوا حَتَّى تُوضَعَ "
When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).
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Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 958c
Should anyone amongst you see a bier he must stand up so long as it is within sight in case he does not intend to follow it.
- Hadith 959b
Whenever you come across a bier you should stand up, and he who follows it should not sit down till it is placed on the ground.
- Hadith 958b
Should any one of you come across a funeral procession, and if he does not intend to accompany it, he must stand up until it passes by him or is placed upon…
- Hadith 960a
There passed a bier and the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for it and we also stood up along with him. We said: Messenger of Allah, that was the bier of a Jewess. Upon…
- Hadith 958a
Whenever you see a funeral procession, stand up for that until it moves away or is lowered on the ground.
- Hadith 960b
Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.