Those who permitted sitting before it is put down

Anis bin Abi Yahya narrates from his father, who said: I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and another man both sit down before the funeral had been set down.

Muhammad bin Amr says that al-Qasim and Salim both used to walk in front of the funeral and would sit before the funeral had been set down.

Sa'id says: I saw al-Hasan sit down before the funeral had been placed at the grave.

Abu Ja'far and Amir say: There is no harm in sitting before the funeral has been placed in the grave.

Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the funeral of a man from the Ansar. When we reached the grave, the lahd had not yet been dug, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, and we sat around him (peace and blessings be upon him) as though birds had settled on our heads.

Muwarriq al-Ijli says: You never weigh between two matters except that you find the better of them in the sight of Allah to be the easier of them. So I sit while the funeral is standing (on the shoulders).

Sa'id al-Maqburi narrates from his father, who said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Marwan walking in front of a funeral; then they both sat down. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said, "Stand up, O Amir! This man (Abu Hurayrah) knows that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) followed a funeral, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not sit until it had been set down."