Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 462 – Volume 2, Book 23

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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 462:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "When the funeral is ready (for its burial) and the people lift it on their
shoulders, then if the deceased is a righteous person he says, 'Take me ahead,' and if he is not a right –
eous one then he says, 'Woe to it (me)! Where are you taking it (me)?' And his voice is audible to
everything except human beings; and if they heard it they would fall down unconscious . "