Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi from his father that he had asked Abu Hurayra, "How do you pray over the dead?" and Abu Hurayra replied, "By the Life of Allah, I will tell you! I follow with the family and when the corpse is put down I say 'Allah is greater' and praise Allah and ask for blessings on His Prophet. Then I say, 'O Allah, he is Your slave and the son of Your male slave and Your female slave. He used to testify that there is no god but You and that Muhammad is Your slave and Your Messenger, and You know that best. O Allah, if he acted well, then increase for him his good action, and if he acted wrongly, then overlook his wrong actions. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not try us after him.'" Allahumma inna huwa abduka wa'bnu abdika wa'bnu amatika. Kana yash-hadu an la ilaha illa ant wa anna Muhammadan abduka wa rasooluka, wa anta alamu bihi. Allahumma in kana muhsinan zid fi ihsanihi, wa in kana musiyan fa tajawaz an sayatihi. Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu wa lataftina badahu.

سَأَلَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَيْفَ تُصَلِّي عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ أُخْبِرُكَ أَتَّبِعُهَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا فَإِذَا وُضِعَتْ كَبَّرْتُ وَحَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ثُمَّ أَقُولُ: (اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلاَ تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ.)

from the Prophet ﷺ when he prayed during a funeral he would say, “allāhuma ʿabduk, wa-ibnu ʿabdik, kāna yashhadu an lā ilaha illā allāh wa-anna muḥammadun ʿabduka wa-rasūluk, wa-anta aʿlamu bihī minnī, in kāna muḥsinun fa-zid fī iḥsānihi, wa-in kāna musīʾun fa-ighfir lah, wa-lā taḥrimnā ajrah, wa-lā taftinnā baʿdah (O Allah, Your slave and the child of Your female slave is in need of Your mercy, and You are not in need of his torment. If he was pious then increase his rewards and if he was a transgressor then pardon him.)

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ»

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say four takbirs when praying for the deceased, then he would say, "O Allah, your servant and the son of your servant is in need of your mercy, while you are free from punishing him. So if he was virtuous, then increase him in his virtue. And if he was sinful, then overlook his sins. Then he would supplicate with whatever Allah wills him to supplicate."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ كَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ احْتَاجَ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ يَدْعُو بِمَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ

[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