Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1927
أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْبَلْخِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، كَانَ جَالِسًا فَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَامَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى جَاوَزَتِ الْجَنَازَةُ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ إِنَّمَا مُرَّ بِجَنَازَةِ يَهُودِيٍّ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى طَرِيقِهَا جَالِسًا فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تَعْلُوَ رَأْسَهُ جَنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَقَامَ .
Ibrahim ibn Harun al-Balkhi narrated to us, saying: Hatim narrated to us, from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, from his father, that al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali was sitting when a funeral bier was carried past him. The people stood until it had passed. Al-Hasan said: ‘It was only when a Jewish funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was sitting in its path that he disliked a Jewish funeral passing over his head, so he stood.’
Translation notes
The explanation attributes the Prophet’s standing to the bier’s passing over him while he was seated in its path.