أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ کَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَدَّمْتُمُوهَا إِلَی الْخَيْرِ وَإِنْ کَانَتْ غَيْرَ ذَلِکَ کَانَتْ شَرًّا تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِکُمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1916
Abu Hurairah said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: ‘Hasten with the Janazah, for if it was righteous then you are taking it toward something good, and if it was otherwise, then it is an evil of which you are relieving yourselves.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020