Walking before or behind the funeral procession
[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.
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.
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