Mas'ud bin al-Hakam narrates from Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that standing for the funeral (until it is set down) was mentioned before him, and Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, then sat down. In another narration: He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand for funerals, then afterwards he sat.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6884
Shu'ayb bin al-Layth narrates from his father; this hadith is like the narration of Qutaybah, with this addition: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a funeral he would stand up for it; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave up standing and would not stand for a funeral.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6885
Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand for funerals until the bier was set down, and the people would stand with him; then after that he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat, and he ordered the people to sit as well.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6886
Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood, and we stood with him (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat, and so we sat. I said: "For a funeral that passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said: "For a funeral that passed by."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6887
Sayyiduna Qays bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reports from his father that he was with Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) in Kufah. Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the people standing, waiting for the funeral bier to be set down, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) signalled to them with his whip to sit, and said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also used to stand, and then he sat."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6888
Abu Mijlaz said that a funeral passed by Ibn Abbas and al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both). One of them stood up and the other did not stand, so one of them said: "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not stand?" The other said: "Yes indeed, but later he sat."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6889
Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to remain standing until the deceased was placed in the lahd (niche of the grave). Then a Jewish scholar passed by and said: "We also do likewise." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat and said: "Sit, and differ from them."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6890
Yusuf bin Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Hatim bin Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us a similar hadith, except that he did not mention the lahd.
Al-Bukhari said: Abdullah bin Sulayman bin Junadah bin Abi Umayyah, narrating from his father, is not corroborated in his hadith.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6891
Abd al-Rahman bin al-Qasim said that al-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral bier and would sit before it was set down, and he would not stand for it. He used to report from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that she used to say: In the time of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), people used to stand for it when they saw it, and would say: "You are no longer among your family, you are no longer among your family."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6892