[Machine] Al-Ala ibn Ziyad, O Abu Hamza, is this how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray over the deceased, like your prayer? He would say the takbeer four times and stand at the head of the man and the feet of the woman? He replied, yes, and he mentioned the hadith. Abu Ghaleb said, so I asked about the action of Anas in standing at the feet of the woman when she is old. They informed me that it was only because the bier was not present, so the imam would stand by her feet, covering her from the people.  

الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَهَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ كَصَلَاتِكَ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا وَيَقُومُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الرَّجُلِ وَعَجِيزَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ أَبُو غَالِبٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ صَنِيعِ أَنَسٍ فِي قِيَامِهِ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ عَجِيزَتِهَا فَحَدَّثُونِي أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ تَكُنِ النُّعُوشُ فَكَانَ يَقُومُ الْإِمَامُ حِيَالَ عَجِيزَتِهَا يَسْتُرُهَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ