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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الجنائز
Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
" اجْلِسُوا خَالِفُوهُمْ "
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to stand up for a funeral until the corpse was placed in the grave. A learned Jew (once) passed him and said: This is how we do. The Prophet (ﷺ) sat down and said: Sit down and act differently from them.
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