The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to stand up for a funeral until the corpse was placed in the grave. A learned Jew (once) passed him and said: This is how we do. The Prophet ﷺ sat down and said: Sit down and act differently from them.

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُومُ فِي الْجَنَازَةِ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ حَبْرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَفْعَلُ فَجَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ اجْلِسُوا خَالِفُوهُمْ

"When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them.'"

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اتَّبَعَ الْجَنَازَةَ لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَصْنَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ خَالِفُوهُمْ

“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ followed a funeral, he would not sit down until it had been placed in the niche-grave. A rabbi came to him and said: ‘This is what we do, O Muhammad!’ So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and said: ‘Be different from them.’”

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اتَّبَعَ جِنَازَةً لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَصْنَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ خَالِفُوهُمْ

وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً لَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى يُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَفْعَلُ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ خَالِفُوهُمْ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَى هَذَا الْكَلَامَ وَهَذَا الْفِعْلَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ لَهُ طَرِيقًا عَنْ عُبَادَةَ إِلَّا هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ