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Hadith of how to pray the Salat al-Janazah

hakim:1331 – Ismāʿīl b. Aḥmad al-Tājir > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿAsqalānī > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf

[Machine] the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed him about the funeral prayer. "The Imam should start by saying the takbir, then send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ , and complete the prayer with three additional takbirs before making the tasleem in a quiet manner when he leaves. And the Sunnah is for those behind him to do the same as what he has done."

Zuhri said, "Abu Umamah and Ibn al-Musayyib informed me about this, and Ibn Shihab mentioned what Abu Umamah had told me about the Sunnah in the funeral prayer for Muhammad bin Suyaid." He said, "And I heard ad-Dahhak ibn Qays narrating from Habib ibn Muslimah in a prayer he performed for the deceased, similar to what Abu Umamah informed us."  

الحاكم:١٣٣١ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ التَّاجِرُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ كُبَرَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعُلَمَائِهِمْ وَأَبْنَاءِ الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

أَخْبَرَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ «أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ الْإِمَامُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَيُخْلِصَ الصَّلَاةَ فِي التَّكْبِيرَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا خَفِيًّا حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ وَالسُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ أَمَامَهُ»

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 قَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ فِي صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَيْسَ فِي التَّسْلِيمَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ أَصَحُّ مِنْهُ وَشَاهِدُهُ حَدِيثُ أَبِي الْعَنْبَسِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ»

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[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.  

البيهقي:٦٩٦٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ التَّاجِرُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ

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