Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)

50- بَابُ حَمْلِ الرِّجَالِ الْجِنَازَةَ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ:

(50) Chapter. Men, and not women, are to carry the coffin.

1 hadith · references 1314–1314

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Bukhari · 1314إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْجِنَازَةُ وَاحْتَمَلَهَا الرِّجَالُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ : قَدِّمُونِي ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ غَيْرَ صَالِحَةٍ قَالَتْ : يَا وَيْلَهَا أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُونَ بِهَا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, When the funeral is ready and the men carry it on their shoulders, if the deceased was righteous it will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),' and if he was not righteous, it will say, 'Woe to it (me5 narrators