"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.'"
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1020 In-book : Book 10, Hadith 56 English translation : Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1020
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