Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1545
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَعُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا اتَّبَعَ جِنَازَةً لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَصْنَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَقَالَ " خَالِفُوهُمْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Uqbah ibn Mukram narrated to us; they said: Safwan ibn Isa narrated to us; Bishr ibn Rafi narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Sulayman ibn Junadah ibn Abi Umayyah, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, who said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) followed a funeral procession, he would not sit until it had been placed in the burial niche. A rabbi encountered him and said, “This is what we do, Muhammad.” The Messenger of Allah sat down and said, “Be different from them.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source specifies placement in the lahd (side niche of the grave) and identifies the person as a rabbi.