Muwatta Malik #587
Burials
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ : أَسْرِعُوا بِجَنَائِزِكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ تُقَدِّمُونَهُ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ شَرٌّ تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِكُمْ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abu Hurayra said,
"Make your funerals speedy, for it is only good that you are advancing
him towards, or evil that you are taking off your necks."
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This hadith is #587 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Burials.