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كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Prayer - Funerals
" إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَزَعٌ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْجَنَازَةَ فَقُومُوا "
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 this he remarked: Verily, death is a matter of consternation, so whenever you come across a bier stand up.
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Other hadiths from the same chapter
- 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 960b
Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.
- Hadith 959a
When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).
- Hadith 960c
Again Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions kept standing for a bier of a Jew until it disappeared from sight.
- 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 961a
Was he not a human being or did he not have a soul? And in the hadith narrated by 'Amr b. Murra with the same chain of transmitters, (the words) are:" There…