Chapter: Standing for funerals
Hadith 958 Part A
It is narrated on the authority of 'Amir Ibn Rabi'a (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
Whenever you see a funeral procession, stand up for that until it moves away or is lowered on the ground.
Hadith 958 Part B
It is narrated on the authority of 'Amir ibn Rabi'a (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
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 the ground before it passes him.
Hadith 958 Part C
It is reported on the authority of Ibn Juraij that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
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 959 Part A
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
When you follow a bier, do not sit until it is placed on the (ground).
Hadith 959 Part B
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ) said
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 960 Part A
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah
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.
Hadith 960 Part B
Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.
Hadith 960 Part C
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 960 Part D
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abu Laila that while Qais b. Sa'd and Sahl b. Hunaif were both in Qadislyya a bier passed by them and they both stood up. They were told that it was the bier of one of the people of the land (non-Muslim). They said that a bier passed before the Prophet (ﷺ) and he stood up. He was told that he (the dead man) was a Jew. Upon this he remarked
Was he not a human being or did he not have a soul ?
Hadith 960 Part E
And in the hadith narrated by 'Amr b. Murra with the same chain of transmitters , (the words) are
" There passed a bier before us."