[Machine] Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, who was one of the senior supporters and scholars of the Ansar, and the son of those who witnessed Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , informed me. Men among 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." Az-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."
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