[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The rider follows the funeral procession, and the one walking may go wherever he wants from it, and prayers are performed for the deceased child." Ishaaq ibn Ibrahim and Ali ibn Hujr and Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated from Sufyan from al-Zuhri from Salim from his father that he saw the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr and Umar walking in front of the funeral procession. Abu Abd al-Rahman said, "This hadith is a mistake, and it contains the error of Ibn Uyaynah. Malik contradicted him and narrated it from al-Zuhri as marfu."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ» 2082 أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ خَطَأٌ وَهِمَ فِيهِ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ خَالَفَهُ مَالِكٌ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ مُرْسَلًا  

[Machine] He informed him that he saw the Prophet and Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman walking in front of the funeral procession. Only Abu Bakr was mentioned, Uthman was not mentioned. Abu Abdur-Rahman told us that this is also a mistake and the correct version is Mursal (a type of Hadith) and this came to me only and Allah knows best because this hadith was narrated by Az-Zuhri from Salim from his father that he used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He said and the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He said and the Prophet said that this is only from the statement of Az-Zuhri. Ibn Al-Mubarak said that the scholars who narrated from Ibn Shihab are three, Malik, Ma'mar, and Ibn Uyaynah, so if two of them agree on something, we take their statement and leave the statement of the other. Abu Abdur-Rahman told us and Ibn Al-Mubarak mentioned this statement in this hadith.  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ «رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ يَمْشُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْجِنَازَةِ» بَكْرٌ وَحْدَهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا أَيْضًا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ مُرْسَلٌ وَإِنَّمَا أَتَى هَذَا عِنْدِي وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ لِأَنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ رَوَاهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَمْشِي أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِنْ قَوْلِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْحُفَّاظُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ثَلَاثَةٌ مَالِكٌ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ اثْنَانِ عَلَى قَوْلٍ أَخَذْنَا بِهِ وَتَرَكْنَا قَوْلَ الْآخَرِ قَالَ لنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ عِنْدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ