Those who permitted not carrying the funeral before returning

Ibn Awn said: I saw al-Hasan and Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) at a funeral; neither of them shouldered the bier, and they returned.

Al-Bara' bin Yazid said: I saw al-Sha'bi at a funeral. I saw him walking behind it, and he did not shoulder it, nor did he touch its poles, until the deceased was placed at the edge of the grave. Then he moved away from there and sat down; he was an old man at that time.