• coffins' or deceased's words,
  * Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri : Allah's Apostle 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 (me)! Where are they taking it (me)?' Its voice is heard by everything except man and if he heard it he would fall unconscious." (Sahih Bukhari 2.400, Sahih Bukhari 2.402, Sahih Bukhari 2.462)

• hurry funeral preparations,
  * Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Hurry up with the dead body for if it was righteous, you are forwarding it to welfare; and if it was otherwise, then you are putting off an evil thing down your necks." (Sahih Bukhari 2.401)

• Muhammad put saliva on dead body,
  * Narrated Jabir: The Prophet came to (the grave of) 'Abdullah bin Ubai after his body was buried. The body was brought out and then the Prophet put his saliva over the body and clothed it in his shirt. (Sahih Bukhari 2.360)

• not to pray for hypocrite, see forbidden to pray for hypocrites, under PRAYER

• not to pray for pagans, see forbidden to pray for pagans, under PRAYER

• rewards for attending,
  * Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "(A believer) who accompanies the funeral procession of a Muslim out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's reward and remains with it till the funeral prayer is offered and the burial ceremonies are over, he will return with a reward of two Qirats. Each Qirat is like the size of the (Mount) Uhud. He who offers the funeral prayer only and returns before the burial, will return with the reward of one Qirat only." (Sahih Bukhari 1.45, Sahih Bukhari 2.409, Sahih Bukhari 2.410)

• stand up during funeral procession has passed, Sahih Bukhari 2.394, Sahih Bukhari 2.395, Sahih Bukhari 2.396, Sahih Bukhari 2.397, Sahih Bukhari 2.398

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