Reports on the deceased: those who said he is drawn in from the side of his feet

Ibn Sirin said: I was with Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) at a funeral, and he ordered that the deceased be entered into the grave from the side of the feet.

Amir said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) lowered a deceased person into the grave from the side of the feet.

Abu Ishaq said: I attended the funeral of Ibn Ma'qil, and a man said: "Your companion left instructions that he be lowered into the grave from the side of the feet."

Ibrahim said: They used to lower the deceased into the grave from the side of the feet.

Mansur bin Abd al-Rahman said: I said to al-Sha'bi: "A man, when burying a deceased person, lowers him into the grave from the side of the feet (is this correct?)" He said: "Yes, by Allah! This is the Sunnah way."

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said: Qays left instructions that after his death he be entered (into the grave) from the side of the feet.

Amr bin Muhajir said: When the son of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz passed away, he ordered that he be lowered into the grave from the side of the feet.

Abu Ishaq said: I was present with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him); he lowered al-Harith into the grave from the side of the feet and said: "This is the Sunnah way."

Isa bin Abi Azzah said: I was present with al-Sha'bi while he was lowering a deceased person into the grave from the side of the feet.