Sahih Muslim Book: 12, Hadith: 2229

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، – قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، – عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ تَكُ صَالِحَةً فَخَيْرٌ – لَعَلَّهُ قَالَ – تُقَدِّمُونَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَشَرٌّ تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:Make haste at a funeral; if the dead person was good, it is a good state to which you are sending him on; but if he was otherwise it is an evil of which you are ridding yourselves. Chain : Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba – Zuhayr bin Harb – Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah – Abu Bakr bin Abi Uvais – Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah – al-Zuhri – Sa’id bin Abi Sa’id (Kaysan) – Abu Hurairah Data Source Disclaimer: ...