Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1481
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ، سَمِعَ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " الرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شَاءَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Rawh ibn Ubadah narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Ubaydullah ibn Jubayr ibn Hayyah narrated to us; Ziyad ibn Jubayr ibn Hayyah narrated to me and said: I heard al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘The rider should be behind the funeral procession, while the person walking may be wherever he wishes alongside it.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source gives the rider’s position as behind the procession and leaves the walker’s position unrestricted.