When a man, woman, and child all die at the same time, whose funeral prayer takes precedence to be led by the Imam?
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The Sunnah is that for burial, the man is presented first, then the male child, then the woman. The woman should be positioned towards the Qiblah, with her middle (waist) at the man's head, so that the Imam's standing position aligns with the Sunnah.
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