Forgiveness of sins for carrying the bier

Question

It has come in the noble hadith that whoever walks forty steps carrying the janaza has forty major sins (kabira) forgiven; the books of fiqh describe the manner of this. Now, if all the people who came to the funeral, one after another, walk forty steps carrying the janaza, will each of them have forty sins forgiven or not?

Answer

[ar]ويستحب أن يحملها من كل جانب عشر خطوات؛ لما روي عنه عليه الصلاة والسلام أنه قال: من حمل جنازة أربعين خطوة كفرت عنه أربعين كبيرة. رواه أبو بكر النجار[/ar] “It is mustahabb to carry it from each side for ten steps, because it is narrated from him ﷺ that he said: ‘Whoever carries a janaza forty steps, forty major sins are expiated for him.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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