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1044. Mas'ūd bin Al-Ḥakīm narrated that standing for the funeral (procession) until it is put down was mentioned, and 'Alī bin Abī Tālib said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood, then (later) he sat." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from Al-Ḥasan bin 'Alī, and Ibn 'Abbās.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of 'Alī is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth, regarding which there are narrations from four of the Tābi'īn narrating it from each other. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge. Ash-Shāfi'ī said: "This is the most correct thing on this topic." This Ḥadīth abrogates the first Ḥadīth: "Whenever you see a funeral (procession), stand up [for it]."
Aḥmad said: "If he wants, he stands, and if he wants, he does not stand." His proof is that it has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ stood, then sat, and this is what Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm said.
(Abū 'Eisā said:) As for the saying of 'Alī: That the Prophet ﷺ stood for the funeral and then sat, he means that the Prophet ﷺ would stand when he saw a funeral (procession), then he did not do so later, so he would not stand when he saw the funeral (procession).
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Imām Baiḍāwī writes that the words "he sat" may have been used in two senses. Firstly in the sense that when the funeral procession passed and went considerably away he sat down. The second sense is that he used to stand up on seeing a funeral procession, but later on he stopped this practice of standing up. It makes it clear that the orders of standing up on seeing a funeral procession were abrogated.
