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tabarani:9604 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm al-Awdī > Sharīk > al-Shaybānī > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAlqamah or Masrūq

[Machine] Abdullah said: "No one read a word or recited a verse on the funeral except for the Imam, who recited the most beautiful words."  

الطبراني:٩٦٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَوْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَمْ يُوَقَّتْ لَنَا عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ قَوْلٌ وَلَا قِرَاءَةٌ كَبِّرْ مَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ أَكْثِرْ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ الْكَلَامِ»  

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tabarani:9606 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > Muḥammad b. al-Ṭufayl al-Nakhaʿī > Sharīk > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] We were not instructed to read or recite anything during the prayer on the deceased, nor to say the takbir as loudly as the imam, nor to say more than the good words.  

الطبراني:٩٦٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الطُّفَيْلِ النَّخَعِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«لَمْ يُوَقَّتْ لَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ قِرَاءَةٌ وَلَا قَوْلٌ كَبِّرْ مَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ وَأَكْثِرْ مِنْ طَيِّبِ الْقَوْلِ»