Is it permissible to stand on the right of the imaam for the funeral prayer?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

If it is necessary, it is OK to stand on his right or his left, although the Sunnah is to pray behind the imaam. But if the place is crowded, it is OK. 

Source: Kitab Majmoo’ Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi’ah li Samahat al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allah ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), vol. 13, p. 140
