Muwatta
Malik

موطأ مالك

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Burials

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Chapter 3: Walking in Front of the Bier

Muwatta Malik 542

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "Walking behind the bier is in contradiction to the sunna."
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمَشْىُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ مِنْ خَطَإِ السُّنَّةِ ‏.‏