Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1068
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَشَرِيكٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً ، قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي هَذَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُصَلَّى عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ صَلَّى إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ وَعَلَى قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَإِسْحَاقَ . وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ لاَ يُصَلِّي الإِمَامُ عَلَى قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ الإِمَامِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us: Isra'il and Sharik narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah, that a man killed himself, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform the funeral prayer over him. Abu Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. Scholars differed on this matter. Some said that the funeral prayer is performed for everyone who faces the qiblah, including one who killed himself. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri and Ishaq. Ahmad said: The imam does not perform the funeral prayer for one who killed himself, but someone other than the imam does.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ لاَ يُصَلِّي الإِمَامُ عَلَى قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ الإِمَامِ .
Ahmad's distinction concerns who leads or performs the prayer; the Arabic does not further explain the imam's role.
Does 'someone other than the imam' preserve the contrast without implying that the deceased receives no funeral prayer?