What was narrated concerning offering the funeral prayer for a child Sunan Ibn Majah 1508
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا اسْتَهَلَّ الصَّبِيُّ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَوُرِثَ "
Translation
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said
“If a child utters a sound (after being born), the funeralprayer should be offered for him and (his relatives) may inherit fromhim.”