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1009. Az-Zuhri said: "The Prophet ﷺ, Abū Bakr, and 'Umar would walk in front of the funeral." Az-Zuhri said: "Sālim informed me that his father would walk in front of the funeral." (Hasan) He said: There is something on this topic from Anas. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar was reported like this from Ibn Juraij, Ziyād bin Sa'd, and others, from Az-Zuhri, from Sālim, from his father, and it is similar to the narration of Ibn 'Uyainah.[1] Ma'mar, Yūnus bin Yazīd, Mālik and others among the Huffāz reported it from Az-Zuhri: "The Prophet ﷺ would walk in front of the funeral." (Az-Zuhri said: "Sālim informed me that his father would walk in front of the funeral). All of the people of Hadīth thought that the Mursal narration about this is the most correct. Abū 'Eisā said: I heard Yaḥya bin Mūsā saying: "I heard 'Abdur-Razzāq saying: 'Ibn Al-Mubārak said: "The Hadīth of Az-Zuhri about this, which is Mursal, is more correct than the Hadīth of Ibn 'Uyainah." Ibn Al-Mubārak said: "It seems that Ibn Juraij took the Hadīth from Ibn 'Uyainah." Abū 'Eisā said: Hammām bin Yaḥya reported this Hadīth from Ziyād – and he is Ibn Sa'd – and Maṣ'ūd, Bakr, and Sufyān from Az-Zuhri, from Sālim, from his father. And the only Sufyān that Hammām reports from is Sufyān bin 'Uyainah. The people of knowledge differ over walking in front of the funeral. Some of the people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, thought that walking in front of the funeral is more virtuous. This is the view of Ash-Shāfi'ī, and Aḥmad. (He said: The Hadīth of Anas on this topic is not preserved).