469 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever attends a funeral until the prayer is offered over the deceased receives one qirāṭ, and whoever stays until the burial is finished receives two qirāṭs.” It was asked, “What are the two qirāṭs?” He replied, “Like two enormous mountains.” Agreed upon.

Muslim adds: “until it is placed in the laḥd (the niche of the grave).”

Al-Bukhārī also relates, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah: “Whoever follows the funeral of a Muslim, motivated by faith and seeking the reward, and remains with it until the prayer is performed and the burial concluded, returns with two qirāṭs; each qirāṭ is the size of Mount Uḥud.” (1)

Vocabulary and notes:
• Qirāṭ: The original form is “qarrāṭ” with a doubled rāʾ, as shown by its plural “qarārīṭ”; one of the two rāʾs was replaced with a yāʾ. In classical Arabic it equals half a dāniq, while in Greater Syria it is reckoned as one-twenty-fourth of a whole.
Al-ʿAynī said, “The weight of a qirāṭ varies according to region.” In the courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today—as well as among its inheritance specialists—it is likewise taken as one-twenty-fourth. As for its measure with Allah, He alone knows, yet the Prophet ﷺ approximated it for us: “Each qirāṭ is like Mount Uḥud.”
Al-ʿAynī further observed that the Prophet mentioned the qirāṭ because it was the unit most commonly used in their transactions. The term appears in several aḥādīth, among them those that indicate