The Meaning of Carrying the Dead in the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah

Question:
In the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And whoever carries it, it is rejected." Do you mean by "carrying" here carrying it directly, or carrying it on the shoulder to present it for the funeral prayer?

Answer:
It includes both: carrying his body from one place to another, and carrying it on the bier. All of this is called carrying the dead. However, as we mentioned, no scholar, to the best of our knowledge, has held that wudu (ablution) is required from carrying the dead. Rather, they said that the intended meaning of wudu is washing the hands, which is the linguistic meaning of wudu. The linguistic wudu is like the hadith where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) . He said that the intended meaning is the linguistic wudu. Yes.