11. The Book of Prayer - Funerals

١١۔ كتاب الجنائز

11.27 Where the Imam should stand in relation to the deceased when performing the funeral prayer

١١۔٢٧ باب أَيْنَ يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ لِلصَّلاَةِ عَلَيْهِ

(566) bukhari:1332ʿImrān b. Maysarah > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥusayn > Ibn Buraydah > Samurah b. Jundub

I offered the funeral prayer behind the Prophet ﷺ for a woman who had died during childbirth and he stood up by the middle of the coffin.  

(٥٦٦) البخاري:١٣٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا وَسَطَهَا