Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Hilal al-Mazni narrates that I saw Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) at the funeral of nine or seven men and women; he placed the women closer to the Qiblah and the men closer to the Imam.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) when leading the funeral prayer for men and women, would place the men close to the (imam) and the women after them, near the qiblah.

Hazrat Usman bin Abdullah bin Mauhib narrates that Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them) used to do the same.

Ibrahim says regarding the funeral of men and women that women should be placed in front of the men.

Hazrat Sha'bi also says similar to Ibrahim.

Hazrat Dawood says that I heard from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib in the same way.

Hazrat Abu Ishaq narrates that when Hazrat Harith performed the funeral prayer for men and women, he would place the men's bier close to the imam and the women's bier ahead of them.

Hazrat Ammar, who was a servant of Banu Hashim, narrates: Hazrat Umm Kulthum and Hazrat Zaid bin Amr passed away on the same day, and I participated in their funeral. Both of them were brought out together for the funeral prayer. Hazrat Saeed bin Aas led their funeral prayer; he placed Hazrat Zaid close to the Imam and Hazrat Umm Kulthum in front of Zaid, and among those who performed the funeral prayer that day were also the noble Companions, including Hazrat Hussain and Hazrat Hasan. (No one disagreed on this matter).

Hazrat Harith narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah honor his face) when there was a funeral of both women and men together, he would place the men closer to the imam and the women closer to the qiblah. If there was a funeral of a free person and a slave, he would place the free person closer to the imam and the slave closer to the qiblah.

Hazrat Abdur-Rabbah bin Abi Rashid narrates that when people were afflicted and perished in the widespread, devastating plague, the funeral prayers for men and women were performed individually. Then Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid (according to Hazrat Abdur-Rabbah's assumption) arrived, and he placed the bodies of the women in front of the men and performed the funeral prayer for all of them together.

Hazrat Muammar narrates that when Hazrat Zuhri performed the funeral prayer for men and women together, he would place the men close to the imam and the women behind them.

Hazrat Musa bin Talha narrates that Hazrat Usman led the funeral prayer for a man and a woman together; he placed the body of the man closer to the imam.

It is narrated from Hazrat Wathilah that a plague spread in Syria due to which many people perished, so the funeral prayer for men and women was performed together; the body of the men was placed near the imam and the body of the women near the qiblah.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that when the funeral prayer for women and men is performed together, the men should be placed near the imam and the women near the qiblah.

Hazrat Sha'bi narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) led the funeral prayer of Hazrat Umm Kulthum bint Ali (may Allah be pleased with her) and her son Hazrat Zaid. He placed the boy near the Imam and the woman near the Qiblah.