Hazrat Hilal al-Mazni narrates that I saw Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) at the funeral of nine or seven men and women; he placed the women closer to the Qiblah and the men closer to the Imam.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) when leading the funeral prayer for men and women, would place the men close to the (imam) and the women after them, near the qiblah.

Hazrat Usman bin Abdullah bin Mauhib narrates that Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them) used to do the same.

Ibrahim says regarding the funeral of men and women that women should be placed in front of the men.

Hazrat Sha'bi also says similar to Ibrahim.

Hazrat Dawood says that I heard from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib in the same way.

Hazrat Abu Ishaq narrates that when Hazrat Harith performed the funeral prayer for men and women, he would place the men's bier close to the imam and the women's bier ahead of them.

Hazrat Ammar, who was a servant of Banu Hashim, narrates: Hazrat Umm Kulthum and Hazrat Zaid bin Amr passed away on the same day, and I participated in their funeral. Both of them were brought out together for the funeral prayer. Hazrat Saeed bin Aas led their funeral prayer; he placed Hazrat Zaid close to the Imam and Hazrat Umm Kulthum in front of Zaid, and among those who performed the funeral prayer that day were also the noble Companions, including Hazrat Hussain and Hazrat Hasan. (No one disagreed on this matter).

Hazrat Harith narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah honor his face) when there was a funeral of both women and men together, he would place the men closer to the imam and the women closer to the qiblah. If there was a funeral of a free person and a slave, he would place the free person closer to the imam and the slave closer to the qiblah.

Hazrat Abdur-Rabbah bin Abi Rashid narrates that when people were afflicted and perished in the widespread, devastating plague, the funeral prayers for men and women were performed individually. Then Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid (according to Hazrat Abdur-Rabbah's assumption) arrived, and he placed the bodies of the women in front of the men and performed the funeral prayer for all of them together.