Funerals of men and women: those who said the man is next to the imam and the women beyond him

Hilal al-Mazini said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) at the funeral of nine or seven men and women; he placed the women nearer the qiblah and the men nearer the imam.

Nafi' said: When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) led the funeral prayer over men and women, he would place the men near (the imam) and the women after them, near the qiblah.

Uthman bin Abdullah bin Mawhab said: Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to do the same.

Ibrahim said concerning the funerals of men and women: The women will be placed in front of the men.

Al-Sha'bi also says the same as Ibrahim.

Dawud said: I heard the same from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib.

Abu Ishaq said: When al-Harith led the funeral prayer over men and women, he would place the men's biers near the imam and place the women in front of them.

Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, said: Sayyidah Umm Kulthum (may Allah be pleased with her) and Zayd bin Umar died at the same time, and I attended their funeral. They were both brought out together for the funeral. Sayyiduna Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) led their funeral prayer; he placed Zayd near the imam and Sayyidah Umm Kulthum in front of Zayd. Among those who offered the funeral prayer that day were Companions of the Prophet, and among them were Sayyiduna al-Husayn and Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with them both). (No one objected to this.)

Al-Harith said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the funerals of men and women are gathered together, the men are placed near the imam and the women near the qiblah; and if there is the funeral of a free man and a slave, the free man is placed near the imam and the slave near the qiblah.

Abd Rabbih bin Abi Rashid said: People were struck by the all-sweeping plague and died, and the funeral prayer for the men and women was offered separately, one by one. Then Jabir bin Zayd came (according to Abd Rabbih's recollection); he placed the women's bodies in front of the men and offered the prayer over them all together.

Ma'mar said: When al-Zuhri led the funeral prayer over men and women together, he would place the men near the imam and the women behind them.

Musa bin Talhah said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) led the funeral prayer over a man and a woman together; he placed the man's body near the imam.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the plague spread in Syria, because of which many people died, and he used to lead the funeral prayer over the men and women together, placing the men's bodies near himself and the women's bodies near the qiblah.

Al-Sha'bi said: When the funeral prayer for women and men is offered together, the men will be placed near the imam and the women near the qiblah.

Al-Sha'bi said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) led the funeral prayer over Sayyidah Umm Kulthum bint Ali (may Allah be pleased with her) and her son Zayd. He placed the boy near the imam and the woman near the qiblah.