The husband and the brother: which has more right to lead the prayer

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The husband is more entitled to wash his wife and to lead the funeral prayer over her."

Al-Hasan said: "The person most entitled to lead the funeral prayer over a woman is her father, then her husband, then her brother."

Ata said: "The husband is the most entitled to (the affairs of) his wife until he buries her."

Masruq said: A wife of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, and he said: "While she was alive, I was the one more entitled to her; but now (after her death) you are more entitled to her."

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad: "Which of the two is more entitled to lead the funeral prayer?" Al-Hakam said: "The brother."

Hammad said: Ibrahim said: "The ruler (imam); if they differ over it, then the guardian (wali), then the husband."

Al-Sha'bi said: "When a woman dies, the marital bond between her and her husband comes to an end."

Al-Zuhri said: "The father, the son and the brother are more entitled than the husband to lead the funeral prayer over a woman."

Qatadah said: "A woman's guardians (awliya) are more entitled than the husband to lead the funeral prayer over her."

Al-Hakam said: "When a woman dies, the marital bond between her and her husband comes to an end, and her guardians (awliya) are more entitled to lead her funeral prayer."

Al-Sha'bi said: "The husband is more entitled than the brother."

Abd al-Aziz bin Abi Bakrah said: A woman of Banu Tamim was married to Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him). When she died, there was a dispute about (who would lead) her funeral prayer. Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah led her funeral prayer and said: "Had I not been more entitled than you, I would not have led her funeral prayer."