[Machine] Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Haneef, who was one of the prominent Ansar and their scholars, and he was one of the children of those who witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , informed me. Men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ informed him that in the funeral prayer, the imam should say the takbeer, then pray upon the Prophet ﷺ , and then complete the prayer with the three takbeers, and then offer a light salutation when leaving. And the Sunnah is for the person behind him to do the same as his imam. Al-Zuhri said: Abu Umamah informed me of that, and Ibn Al-Musayyib heard it and did not object to it. Ibn Shihab said: So I mentioned to Muhammad ibn Suwayd what Abu Umamah had told me about the Sunnah in the funeral prayer, and he said: I also heard it from Dahhak ibn Qais, who narrated it from Habib ibn Muslimah in a prayer he offered for the deceased, similar to the one Abu Umamah informed us of.  

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ كُبَرَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعُلَمَائِهِمْ وَمِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ الْإِمَامُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَيُخْلِصُ الصَّلَاةَ فِي التَّكْبِيرَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا خَفِيفًا حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ وَالسُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ إِمَامُهُ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَسْمَعُ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُ الضَّحَّاكَ ابْنَ قَيْسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ  

[Machine] I swear to God, I inform you that you should begin by saying "Allahu Akbar" (God is the greatest), then send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ and say, "O Allah, indeed your servant so and so did not associate anything with you that you are the most knowledgeable of. If he was righteous, increase him in his righteousness, and if he was sinful, forgive him. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not lead us astray after him."  

أَنَا وَاللهِ أُخْبِرُكَ تَبْدَأُ فَتُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَتَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ فُلَانًا كَانَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِكَ شَيْئًا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ اللهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ