Where should the Imam stand when he prays over the body? Sunan Ibn Majah 1493
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلمـ صَلَّى عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا فَقَامَ وَسَطَهَا .
Translation
It wasnarrated from Samurah bin Jundab Al-Fazari that the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for a woman who had died innifas* and he stood level with her middle (i.e. her waist).” *The postnatal bleeding period.