Sahih al-Bukhari 1316

Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz) · Hadith 73

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجِنَازَةُ فَاحْتَمَلَهَا الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ قَدِّمُونِي‏.‏ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ قَالَتْ لأَهْلِهَا يَا وَيْلَهَا أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا كُلُّ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ الإِنْسَانَ، وَلَوْ سَمِعَ الإِنْسَانُ لَصَعِقَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a funeral is ready and the men carry the deceased on their necks (shoulders), if it was pious then it will say, 'Present me quickly', and if it was not pious, then it will say, 'Woe to it (me), where are they taking it (me)?' And its voice is heard by everything except mankind and if he heard it he would fall unconscious

Abu Saeed Al-Khudri (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Nabi ne farmaya: "Jab janaza taiyaar hoti hai aur log marhoom ko apni gardanon (shoulders) par utha kar le jaate hain, agar woh neik tha, woh kehta hai: 'Mujhe jaldi pahunchao,' aur agar neik nahi tha, woh kehta hai: 'Haaye afsos, yeh mujhe kahan le jaa rahe hain?' Aur uski awaaz har cheez sunti hai siwaye insaan ke, aur agar insaan sun le to behosh ho jaaye."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1316 · Book 23, Hadith 73

Read all hadith in Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)