“A funeral passed by theProphet(ﷺ) and they praised (the deceased) and spoke well of himandmentioned his good characteristics. He said: ‘(Paradise is)guaranteed for him.’ Then another funeral passed by and they spokebadly of him and mentioned his bad characteristics, and he theProphet (ﷺ) said: ‘(Hell is) guaranteed for him. You are thewitnesses of Allah on earth.’”

It wasnarrated from Samurah bin Jundab Al-Fazari that the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for a woman who had died innifas* and he stood level with her middle (i.e. her waist).” *The postnatal bleeding period.

“I saw Anas bin Malik offeringthefuneral prayer for a man, and he stood level with his head. Thenanother funeral was brought, that of a woman, and they said: ‘O AbuHamzah! Offer the funeral prayer for her.’ So he stood level withthemiddle of the bed (the body was upon). ‘Ala’ bin Ziyad saidto him: ‘OAbu Hamzah! Is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) standingin relation to the body of a man and a woman as youhave stood?’ Hesaid: ‘Yes.’ Then he turned to us and said:‘Remember this.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) recited theOpeningof the Book (Al-Fatihah) in the funeral prayer.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded usto recite the Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) in the funeralprayer.”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) say: ‘When you offer the prayer for the deceased,supplicatesincerely for him.’”

“When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)offered the funeral prayer he would say: ‘Allahummaghfirlihayyinawa mayyitina, wa shahidina wa gha’ibina, wa saghirina wakabirina,wa dhakarina wa unthana. Allahumma man ahyaitahu minnafa'ahyihi‘alal-Islam, wa man tawaffaytahu minna fa tawaffahu ‘alal-iman.Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu wa la tudillana ba’dah. [O Allah,forgive our living and our dead, those who are present and those whoare absent, our young and our old, our males and our females. OAllah,whomever of us You cause to live, let him live in Islam, andwhomeverof us You cause to die, let him die in (a state of) faith. OAllah, donot deprive us of his reward, and do not let us go astrayafterhim].’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for a man among the Muslims and Iheard him say: ‘O Allah, so-and-so the son of so-and-so is in Yourcase and under Your protection. Protect him from the trial of thegrave and the torment of the Fire, for You are the One Who keeps thepromise and You are the Truth. Forgive him and have mercy on him, forYou are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

“I saw the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) offering the funeral prayer for a man among the Ansar, andIheard him say: ‘Allahumma salli ‘alayhi waghfirlahu warhamhu, wa‘afihi wa’fu ‘anhu, waghsilhu bi ma’in wa thaljin wa baradin,wanaqqihi min adh-dhunubi wal-khataya kama yunaqqath-thawbul-abyaduminad-danas, wa abdilhu bi darihi daran khayran min darihi, wa ahlankhayran min ahlili, wa qihi fitnatal-qabri wa ‘adhaban-nar. (OAllah,send blessing upon him, forgive him, have mercy on him, keephim safeand sound, and pardon him; wash him with water and snow andhail, andcleanse him of sins just as a white garment is cleansed ofdirt. Givehim in exchange for his house that is better than hishouse, and afamily that is better than his family. Protect him fromthe trial ofthe grave and the torment of the Fire).’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), AbuBakrand ‘Umar did not give us so much leeway in anything as they didwith regard to the prayer for the deceased,” meaning that there wasnothing affixed.

It wasnarrated from ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan that the Prophet (ﷺ)offeredthe funeral prayer for ‘Uthman bin Maz’un, and he said fourTakbir over him.

“I prayed with ‘Abdullah bin Abi Awfa Al-Aslami,theCompanion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), offering the funeralprayerfor a daughter of his. He said Takbir over her four times, andhepaused for a while after the fourth. I heard the people sayingSubhan-Allah to him throughout the rows. Then he said the Salam andsaid:‘Did you think that I was going to say a fifth Takbir?’They said: ‘Wewere afraid of that.’ He said: ‘I was not goingto do that, but theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say four Takbir,then pause for awhile, and he would say whatever Allah willed heshould say, then hewould say the Salam.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said Takbirfourtimes.

“Zaid binArqanused to say the Takbir four times in the funeral prayer, and hesaidthe Takbir five times for one funeral. I asked him (about that)andhe said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do that.’”

It wasnarrated from Kathir bin ‘Abdullah, from his father, from hisgrandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said the Takbir fivetimes.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The (funeral) prayershould be offered for a child.’”

“If a child utters a sound (after being born), the funeralprayer should be offered for him and (his relatives) may inherit fromhim.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said:‘Offerthe (funeral) prayer for your children, for they have goneahead ofyou (i.e. to prepare your place in Paradise for you).”

“I said to ‘Abdullah bin Abi Awfa: ‘Didyou see Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said:‘He died when he was small, and if it had been decreed that thereshould be any Prophet after Muhammad (ﷺ), his son would have lived.But there is no Prophet after him.’”

“Then Ibrahim the son of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayedandsaid: ‘He has a wet-nurse in Paradise, and if he had lived hewouldhave been a Siddiq and a Prophet. If he had lived his maternaluncles,the Egyptians, would have been set free and no Egyptian wouldeverhave been enslaved.’”