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bazzar:467 –
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البزّار:٤٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ نا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ نا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ وَلَيْسَ بِالَّذِي يَرْوِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ زَائِدَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانَا فِي جَنَازَةٍ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا وَعَلِيٌّ يَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُمَا قَدْ عَلِمَا أَنَّ الْمَشْيَ خَلْفَهَا أَفْضَلُ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا سَهْلَانِ يُسَهِّلَانِ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبْزَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ

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Walking before or behind the funeral procession

bazzar:526 – al-Ḥasan b. Qazaʿah > Buhlūl b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl > Qays b. Abī Ḥāzim

[AI] Abu Bakr and Umar would walk in front of the funeral procession, while Ali ؓ would walk behind it. Ali ؓ was asked about that, and he said, "The two of them know just as I know, but they wished to make things easy for the people."

We do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith from Ismail, from Qays, except Buhlul ibn Ubayd.

البزّار:٥٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ قَزَعَةَ قَالَ نا بُهْلُولُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجَنَازَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا، فَقِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمَا لَيَعْلَمَانِ كَمَا أَعْلَمُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا أَحَبَّا أَنْ يُسَهِّلَا عَلَى النَّاسِ.

وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ إِلَّا بُهْلُولُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ.

suyuti:1-337b – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bzá > Byh
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السيوطي:١-٣٣٧b –

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَن بْنِ أبزى عن أبيهِ: أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانَا يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلِىٌّ يَمْشِى خَلْفَهَا قِيلَ لِعَلِىٍّ: إِنَّهُمَا يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا، فَقَالَ: إنَّهُمَا يَعْلَمَانِ أَنَّ الْمَشْىَ خَلْفَهَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الْمَشىِ أَمَامَهَا، كَفَضْلِ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِى جَمَاعَةٍ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا يُسَهِّلَانِ لِلنَّاسِ".

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