It has been narrated from Ibn 'Umar, Abu Hurayrah, 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal, Ma'qil ibn Yasar, Abu Sa'id, 'A'ishah, and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab that they left instructions not to be followed by fire. Ibn Majah (19) narrated that when Abu Musa was near death, he said: "Do not follow me with a censer." They asked him: "Did you hear anything regarding that?" He said: "Yes, from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)." Abu Dawud (20) narrated with his chain of transmission from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) that he said: "A funeral procession shall not be followed by a voice or fire." If the deceased is buried at night and they need light, there is no harm in it (21); what was disliked (22) were the censers containing incense. In a hadith from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), it is mentioned that he entered a grave at night and a lamp was lit for him (23). Al-Tirmidhi said: This is a hasan (good) hadith.
Section: It is disliked for women to follow funeral processions, based on what was narrated from Umm 'Atiyyah, who said: "We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but it was not made absolute upon us." This is agreed upon (24). Ibn Mas'ud, Ibn 'Umar, Abu Umamah, 'A'ishah, Masruq, al-Hasan, al-Nakha'i, al-Awza'i, and Ishaq also disliked this. It was narrated that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) went out and found some women sitting; he said: "What makes you sit?"
(19) In: Chapter on what has been said regarding the funeral not being delayed if it has been dug, and it not being followed by fire, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/476. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 4/397. (20) Its documentation was provided in the previous page. (21) Omitted from the original. (22) In the original: "it was disliked". (23) Extracted by al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been said regarding burial at night, from the chapters on funerals. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/277. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what has been said regarding the times when one should not pray over the deceased nor bury them, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/487. (24) Extracted by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on women following funeral processions, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/99. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the prohibition of women following funeral processions, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/646. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on women following funeral processions, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/180. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what has been said regarding women following funeral processions, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/502. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 6/408.
