Said by: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as)
Status: ✅ Verified reference
Reference: Al-Kafi (Shaykh al-Kulayni), Volume 3, Kitab al-Jana'iz (Book of Funerals), Chapter 43 (The Reward for Walking in a Funeral Procession), Hadith 4.
Arabic — core saying (excerpt):
مَنْ شَيَّعَ مَيِّتاً حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَمَنْ بَلَغَ مَعَهُ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَالْقِيرَاطُ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ
English translation:
"If one escorts a deceased person until the prayer (for the deceased) is performed, his reward is one qirat; and one who goes with him up to the grave until he is buried, his reward is two qirat; and one qirat is the size of the mountain of Uhud."
Explanation: A qirat here is not a small coin — it is a reward as big as Mount Uhud, the great mountain near Madina. Staying for the funeral prayer earns one; staying right through to the burial earns two. The further you walk with your brother in his last journey, the greater the reward Allah measures out.
A qirat here is not a small coin — it is a reward as big as Mount Uhud, the great mountain near Madina.