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and replace his home with a better home, his family with a better family, and his spouse with a better spouse; admit him into Paradise, and protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the torment of the Fire.” He went on until I wished that I were that deceased. Reported by Muslim.

941, 942, 943 – Abū Hurayrah, Abū Qatādah, and Abū Ibrāhīm al-Ashhalī from his father—who was a Companion—may Allah be pleased with them, reported that the Prophet ﷺ prayed over a bier and said:
“O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our young and our old, our males and our females, and those of us who are present and those who are absent. O Allah, whoever among us You keep alive, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever among us You cause to die, cause him to die upon faith. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not test us after him (1).”
Al-Tirmidhī transmitted it through Abū Hurayrah and al-Ashhalī, and Abū Dāwūd through Abū Hurayrah and Abū Qatādah. Al-Ḥākim said: “The report of Abū Hurayrah is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.” Al-Tirmidhī related that al-Bukhārī judged the soundest recension of this ḥadith to be that of al-Ashhalī, and al-Bukhārī added: “The most authentic narration in this chapter is the ḥadith of ʿAwf ibn Mālik.”

944 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “When you pray over the deceased, dedicate your supplication to him sincerely.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd.

945 – He also narrated that, in the funeral prayer, the Prophet ﷺ said: “O Allah, You are its Lord; You created it; You guided it to Islam; You have taken its soul; and You know its secret and its open. We have come to You as intercessors on its behalf, so forgive it.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd (2).

946 – Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer over

(1) That is, after his death. (2) I note that the isnad contains Ali ibn Shimakh; no one besides Ibn Hibban declared him reliable, and only a single narrator transmitted from him. See Daif Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 703, where the wording is: “We have come as intercessors, so forgive him.”

وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ، وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ » حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا ذَلِكَ الْمَيِّتُ . رواه مسلم ٩٤١ ، ٩٤٢ ، ٩٤٣ - وعن أبي هريرة وأبي قتادة وأبي إبراهيم الأشهلي عن أبيه - وأبوه صحابي - رضي الله عنهم ، عن النبي ﷺ ، أنه صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فقال : « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا ، وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا ، وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا ، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا ، اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ ، وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ (١) » رواه الترمذي من رواية أبي هريرة والأشهلي . ورواه أبو داود من رواية أبي هريرة وأبي قتادة ؛ قال الحاكم : حديث أبي هريرة صحيح على شرط البخاري ومسلم ، قال الترمذي : قال البخاري : أَصَحُّ رِوَايَاتِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ رِوَايَةُ الْأَشْهَلِيِّ ، قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ : وَأَصَحُّ شَيْءٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ حَدِيثُ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ . ٩٤٤ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَأَخْلِصُوا لَهُ الدُّعَاءَ » رواه أبو داود . ٩٤٥ - وعنه عن النبي ﷺ في الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ : « اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّهَا ، وَأَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهَا ، وَأَنْتَ هَدَيْتَهَا لِلْإِسْلَامِ ، وَأَنْتَ قَبَضْتَ رُوحَهَا ، وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِسِرِّهَا وَعَلَانِيَتِهَا ، وَقَدْ جِئْنَاكَ شُفَعَاءَ لَهُ ، فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ » رواه أبو داود (٢) . ٩٤٦ - وعن وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ رضي الله عنه قال : صَلَّى بِنَا رسول الله ﷺ عَلَى

(١) أي : بعد موته . (٢) قلت : فيه علي بن شماخ لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان ، ولم يرو عنه غير واحد . انظر « ضعيف سنن أبي داود » رقم (٧٠٣) ولفظه هناك : « جئناك شُفَعَاء فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ » .