The ruling on a woman following a funeral procession and an explanation of the hadith of Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) regarding this.

The Shaykh : It is permissible. As for following funeral processions, Umm Atiyyah said: "We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but we were not strictly obligated [to refrain]". Some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) adopted the first part of the hadith, which is her statement: "We were forbidden from following funeral processions", and they said that the original ruling in a prohibition is that it is forbidden. As for her statement: "but we were not strictly obligated [to refrain]", this is her understanding, and the criterion is the wording of the prohibition. The majority of scholars held that the meaning of her statement "we were not strictly obligated [to refrain]" is that the prohibition was not for the sake of prohibition, meaning the prohibition is for the sake of dislike. Now, these are two issues. Thirdly,