Method Of Carrying The Bier Of A Child

If a single person carries the body of a young child in his arms and the rest of the people take the child in their arms in turns, there is no harm in it. 

Reference:

• (‘Ālamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 162)

It is impermissible and forbidden for a woman to walk along in the funeral procession (whether it is the funeral of the young or old). 

Reference:

• Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 823
• Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 162