Hadith 6:1046
Jarir narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, who said: The mother of a man from Thaqif died, and she was a Christian. He asked Ibn Mughaffal, "I would like to attend [her funeral], but I do not want to follow it [in the procession]." He said, "Ride an animal and travel in front of it for the distance of a *ghalwah* (a bowshot). For if you travel in front of it, you are not with it."
حدثنا جرير عن عطاء بن السائب قال ماتت أم رجل من ثقيف وهي نصرانية فسأل ( ( ( فسئل ) ) ) بن مغفل أني أحب أن أحضرها ولا أتبعها قال أركب دابة وسر أمامها علوة ( ( ( غلوة ) ) ) فإنك إذا سرت امامها فلست معها