Walking with a funeral is like running to prayer. Some of them said it is Sunnah to walk in front of it, and others said to walk behind it is better. What I go to is that he walks on foot behind it before praying over it, and places it in front of him just as it places it in prayer, and after praying, he walks in front of it in service of her, in front of her, to her home, which is the grave, out of suspicion of God. It is beautiful that God accepted intercession for her when praying over her, and that her grave is one of the gardens of Paradise, for God has commended His servant’s good opinion of him.

He said, “I am as my servant thinks of me, so let him think well of me.”

And he narrated God was asked who is more beloved to you, Jesus or Yahya, peace be upon them both, and God Almighty said to the questioner, “The better of the two in your opinion of me,” meaning Jesus.

For fear was overwhelming Yahya