Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: "Whenever you see a funeral (procession), stand up until it goes ahead of you or it is put down."

Ubadah bin As-Samit said: "When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them.'"

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: "Whenever you see a funeral (procession), stand up (for it). Whoever follows it, then do not sit down until it is put down."

It is narrated from Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the matter of standing for the funeral until it is placed down was mentioned to him, Ali said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to stand, then he began to sit.

Imam Tirmidhi says:
1- The hadith of Ali is Hasan Sahih (good and authentic).
2- In it, there are four Tabi‘in narrating from each other.
3- Shafi‘i says: This is the most authentic narration in this chapter. This hadith abrogates the first hadith: "When you see a funeral, stand up."
4- In this chapter, hadiths have also come from Hasan bin Ali and Ibn Abbas.
5- Some people of knowledge act upon this.
6- Ahmad says: If one wishes, he may stand, and if he wishes, he may not stand. They have taken evidence from the fact that it is narrated about the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he used to stand, then he began to sit. Similarly, this is also the saying of Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Rahwayh.
7- The meaning of the statement of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, (The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to stand for the funeral, then he began to sit) is that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he saw a funeral, he would stand, then later he refrained from this. When he saw a funeral, he would not stand.