Waqid bin Amr narrates: I attended a funeral in the locality of Banu Salamah. I stood up, so Nafi’ bin Jubair said to me: Sit down, for I will tell you an authentic narration about this. Mas’ud bin Hakam narrated this hadith to me: He heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in the field of Kufa telling the people that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had first commanded us to stand for the funeral, then afterwards he (peace be upon him) would remain seated upon seeing the funeral and (he, peace be upon him, also) commanded us to remain seated.