56 - Chapter: The Position of the Walker Relative to the Funeral Procession

1943 - Ahmad ibn Bakkar al-Harrani informed us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Sarri narrated to us, from Sa'id al-Thaqafi, from his uncle Ziyad ibn Jubayr ibn Hayyah, from his father, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The rider is behind the funeral procession, and the walker may be wherever he wishes relative to it, and the child is prayed over."

1944 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, Ali ibn Hujr, and Qutaybah informed us, from Sufyan, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, that he saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, walking in front of the funeral procession.

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= Also recorded by Ahmad (18162) from Abd al-Wahid ibn Wasil, from Sa'id ibn Ubayd Allah al-Thaqafi alone, from Ziyad ibn Jubayr, from his father Jubayr — who is Ibn Hayyah — from al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, raised to the Prophet. He added in the chain: "from his father."
Also recorded by Ahmad (18207), al-Tirmidhi (1031), Ibn Majah (1481) and (1507), and Ibn Hibban (3049) through multiple paths from Sa'id ibn Ubayd Allah, with the same chain as the preceding one. Al-Tirmidhi said: A hasan sahih hadith.
I say: In the narration of Ibn Majah (1481), "from his father" is not mentioned, and al-Mizzi noted this in "al-Tuhfah" 8/472.
Also recorded by Ahmad (18174) via the path of al-Mubarak ibn Fadalah, from Ziyad ibn Jubayr, with the same chain as the two preceding ones.
Also recorded by Ahmad (18181) and Abu Dawud (3180) via the path of Yunus ibn Ubayd, from Ziyad ibn Jubayr, with the same chains as the preceding ones, except that he narrated it as a stopped narration (mawquf).
It will also appear in the following narration and in narration (1948).
(1) The word "relative to it" is not in (H).
(2) A sahih hadith; the discussion of it has already preceded in the previous narration. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2081).
(3) Its narrators are trustworthy, and there is disagreement regarding its being connected (mawsul) or interrupted (mursal). Ibn al-Mundhir declared the connected version sahih in =