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Does the Hadith "No two things combine in a person except that he enters Paradise" include one who follows a funeral procession without praying over it, or one who merely looks at it without participating in the burial? And does he earn a Qirat, according to a different Hadith, if he follows a funeral procession without praying over it?

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The aforementioned hadith regarding the virtue of one who combines acts of righteousness in a single day indicates that the virtue of following a funeral procession, praying over the deceased, and attending the burial carries immense reward. It is authentically reported in Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, that whoever attends a funeral until the prayer is performed for it receives one qirat, and whoever attends it until it is buried receives two qirats, like two great mountains. Thus, whoever prays over the deceased and attends the burial receives two qirats, and whoever attends only the prayer receives one qirat. Scholars have differed concerning the reward for merely following a funeral procession without praying over it or attending its burial. Al-Bazzar mentioned that each action related to the funeral rites earns a qirat. However, merely looking at it has no mentioned reward.

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