—peace and blessings be upon him—

“Whoever offers the funeral prayer….” He also said, “Pray over your companion,” and, “Pray over the Negus.” He thus called it a prayer even though it contains neither bowing nor prostration, no spoken exchange, yet it includes the takbīr and the salutation of peace. Ibn ʿUmar, for his part, would not perform it unless he was ritually pure, and he would not pray