Excellence of Participation in Funeral Prayers in Large Numbers and Formation of Three Rows or More
باب استحباب تكثير المصلين على الجنازة وجعل صفوفهم ثلاثة فأكثر
Riyad as-Saliheen, Book of Visiting the Sick(view book)
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a Muslim dies and forty people, who do not associate anything with Allah in worship, participate in the funeral prayer over him, Allah will accept their intercession for him."
[Muslim].
وعن ابن عباسٍ رضي الله عنهما ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رسول الله يقول : « مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ ، فَيقومُ عَلَى جَنَازَتِهِ أرْبَعُونَ رَجُلاً لا يُشْرِكُونَ بِاللهِ شَيْئاً ، إِلا شَفَّعَهُمُ اللهُ فِيهِ » . رواه مسلم .
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Marthad bin 'Abdullah Al-Yazni reported:
When Malik bin Hubairah (May Allah be pleased with him) offered a funeral prayer and found a small number of participants, he would divide them into three rows and would say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If three rows of men offer funeral prayer over anyone, his entry into Jannah will become certain."
[Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi].
وعن مرثد بن عبد الله اليزني قال: كان مالك بن هبيرة رضي الله عنه إذا صلى علي الجنازة ، فتقال الناس عليها، جزأهم عليها ثلاثة أجزاء، ثم قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ : “من صلى عليه ثلاثة صفوف، فقد أوجب “ ((رواه أبو دواد، والترمذي وقال: حديث حسن)).
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Abu 'Abdur-Rahman 'Auf bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered a funeral prayer and I memorized his supplication. He ﷺ prayed: "Allahummaghfir lahu, warhamhu, wa 'afihi, wa'fu 'anhu, wa akrim nuzulahu, wa wassi' mudkhalahu, waghsilhu bil-ma'i wath-thalji wal-baradi, wa naqqihi minal-khataya, kama naqqaytath-thawbal-abyada minad-danasi, wa abdilhu daran khairan min darihi, wa ahlan khairan min ahlihi, wa zawjan khairan min zawjihi, wa adkhilhul-Jannata, wa a'idh-hu min 'adhabil- qabri, wa min 'adhabin-nar [if the dead person is a woman, one should change the ending of certain words in this supplication from hu to ha] (O Allah! Forgive him, bestow mercy upon him, pardon him, accord him a noble provision and make his grave spacious, wash him with water, snow and hail, purify him from sins as You have purified the white garment from soiling, give him a better abode in place of his present one, and a better family in exchange of his present one, and a better spouse in place of his present wife; admit him to Jannah and protect from the trial in the grave and punishment in the Hell)." (After hearing this supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu' Abdur-Rahman 'Auf bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I wished I had been that dead man.
[Muslim].
عن أبي عبد الرحمن بن عوف بن مالك رضي الله عنه قال: صلى رسول الله ﷺ علي جنازة، فحفظت من دعائه وهو يقول: "اللهم اغفر له، وارحمه، وعافه، واعف عنه، وأكرم نزله، ووسع مدخله واغسله بالماء والثلج والبرد ونقه من الخطايا، كما نقيت الثوب الأبيض من الدنس، وأبدله داراً خيراً من داره، وأهلاً خيراً من أهله، وزوجاً خيراً من زوجه، وأدخله الجنة، وأعذه من عذاب القبر، ومن عذاب النار” حتي تمنين أن أكون ذلك الميت. ((رواه مسلم)).