The Book on Jana''iz (Funerals)

كتاب الجنائز عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 38: What Is To Be Said In The Salat For The Deceased

Abu Ibrahim Al-Ashhali narrated

from his father who said: "When the Messenger of Allah would perform the Salat for the funeral he would said: (Allahammaghfir li-hayyina wa mayyittina, wa shahidina wa gha'ibina, wa saghirina wa kabirina, wa dhakarina wa unthana) 'O Allah! Forgive our living and our deceased, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female.'"

Awf bin Malik said

"I heard the Messenger of Allah, while he was performing Salat for a deceased person. I could hear him saying in his prayer: (Allahummagfir lahu, war hamhu, waghsilhu bil-baradi (waghsilhu) kama yughsaluth-thawb) 'O Allah! Forgive him, have mercy upon him, and wash him with (snow or ice) (and wash him) just as a garment is washed.'"

Chapter 39: What Has Been Related About The Recitation OF Fatihatil-Kitab For The Funeral (Prayer)

Ibn Abbas narrated

"The Prophet recited Fatihatil-Kitab for a funeral (prayer)." (Da'if Jiddan)

Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf narrated

"Ibn Abbas performed Salat for a funeral and he recited Fatihatil-Kitab. So I asked him about it and he said: 'It is from the Sunnah' or, 'From the completeness of the Sunnah.'"

Chapter 40: How To Perform Salat For The Deceased, And Interceding For Him

Marthan bin Abdullah Al-Yazani narrated

"When Malik bin Hubairah performed Salat for a funeral and the people were few he would divide them into three groups (rows) then say: 'The Messenger of Allah said: "For whomever three rows perform Salat, then it is granted."

Aishah narrated that

The Prophet said: "No one among the Muslim dies, and Salat is performed for him by a community of Muslims reaching one hundred, and they intercede (supplicate) for him, except that their intercession for him is accepted." In his narration, 'Ali bin Hujr said: "One hundred or more than that."

Chapter 41: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Pray The Funeral Salat While The Sun Is Rising And While It Is Setting

Uqbah bin Amir Al-Juhni narrated

"There are three times that the Messenger of Allah prohibited us from performing Salat in, burying our dead in: When the sun's rising appears until it has risen up; when the sun is at the zenith until it passes, and when the sun begins its setting, until it has set."

Chapter 42: What Has Been Related About Salat For (The Funerals Of) Children

Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated that

The Prophet said: "The rider is to be behind the funeral (procession), and the walker where he wishes, and the child should be prayed over."

Chapter 43: What Has Been Related About Not Performing The Salat For The Child Until One Is Sure He Was Alive At Birth

Jabir narrated that

The Prophet said: "The child is not prayed over, nor does he inherit, nor is he inherited from until one is sure he was alive at birth."

Chapter 44: What Has Been Related About Salat For The Deceased In The Masjid

Aishah narrated

"The Messenger of Allah performed Salat over Suhail bin Al-Baida in the Masjid."

Chapter 45: What Has Been Related About Where The Imam Is To Stand For the Man And For The Women

Abu Ghalib narrated

"I prayed for the funeral of a man with Anas bin Malik, so he stood parallel to his head. Then they came with the body of a woman from the Quraish. They said: 'O Abu Hamzah perform the prayer for her.' So he stood parallel to her waist. Al-Ala bin Ziyad said to him: 'Is this how you saw the Messenger of Allah standing in the place for the funeral as you did for her, and for a place that you stood for the man?' He said: 'Yes.' When he was finished he said: 'Remember (this).'"

Samurah bin Jundab narrated

"The Prophet prayed over a woman, so he stood at her middle."

Chapter 46: What Has Been Related About Not Performing The (Funeral) Salat For The Martyr

Abdur-Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik narrated that

Jabir bin Abdullah informed him that the Prophet had put two men together in one cloth from those who were killed at (the battle of) Uhud, then he said: "Which of them memorized the more of the Qur'an?" When one of them was indicated to him, he put him in the Lahd (first) and said: "I am a witness for those people on the Day of Judgment." And he ordered that they be buried in their blood, and that they not be prayed over, nor washed.

Chapter 47: What Has Been Related About (Performing) The (Funeral) Salat At The Grave

Ash-Shaibani narrated that

Ash-Sha'bi said: "I was informed by one who saw the Prophet: He (pbuh) saw a solitary grave, s he lined his Companions (behind him) to pray over it." It was said to him (Ash-Sha'bi): "Who informed you?" He said: "Ibn Abbas."

Sa'eedbin Musayyab narrated

"Umm Sa'd died while the Prophet was absent. So when he arrived he performed Salat over her, and a month had already passed."

Chapter 48: What Has Been Related About The Prophet Performing Salat For (The Death Of) An-Najashi

Imran bin Husain narrated that

the Prophet said: "Indeed your brother An-Najashi has died. So stand to perform Salat for him." He (Imran) said: "We stood and lined up just as the deceased is lined up for, and we prayed for him just as the deceased is prayed for."

Chapter 49: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Salat For A Funeral

Abu Hurairah narrated that

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever performs the funeral prayer then he will get a reward equal to a Qirat. Whoever follows it until it is buried then he will get a reward equal to two Qirat, one of them, or the least of them, is similar to Uhud (mountain)." This was mentioned to Ibn Umar, so he sent a message to Aishah to ask her about that, and she said: "Abu Hurairah has told the truth." So Ibn Umar said: "We have missed many Qirat."

Chapter 50: Something Else (About The Extend Of What Is Acceptable (To Fulfill The Obligation) For Following The Funeral And Carrying It)

Abu Muhazzim said

"I accompanied Abu Hurairah for ten years, and I heard him saying: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "Whoever follows a funeral, and carries it three times, then he has fulfilled the right that is required from him."

Chapter 51: What Has Been Related About Standing For The Funeral (Procession)

Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated that

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whenever you see a funeral (procession), stand up until it goes ahead of you or it is put down."

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whenever you see a funeral (procession), stand up (for it). Whoever follows it, then do not sit down until it is put down."