Sunan an-Nasa'i 1943

Ahmad ibn Bakkar al-Harrani informed me, saying: Bishr ibn al-Sari narrated to us, from Sa‘id al-Thaqafi, from his paternal uncle Ziyad ibn Jubayr ibn Hayyah, from his father, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘The rider should be behind the funeral bier; the person walking may walk wherever he wishes alongside it; and the funeral prayer should be offered over a child.’