وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الرَّجُلِ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ قَدَّمَ الْمَرْأَةَ وَ أَخَّرَ الرَّجُلَ وَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْعَبْدِ وَ الْحُرِّ قَدَّمَ الْعَبْدَ وَ أَخَّرَ الْحُرَّ وَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَ الصَّغِيرِ قَدَّمَ الصَّغِيرَ وَ أَخَّرَ الْكَبِيرَ.
English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications
Hadith.492 - When Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) performed the funeral prayer for a man and a woman together, he would place the woman in front and the man behind. When praying for a slave and a free person, he would place the slave in front and the free person behind. When praying for an elder and a child, he would place the child in front and the elder behind.
Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.