(1) They are also agreed that the Sunnah is to recite in a low voice when the funeral prayer is offered in daylight. As for a night-time prayer, they differed: some held that it should likewise be silent, while others considered audible recitation recommended. Al-Nawawi writes (5/234): “The authoritative view is the first. Do not be misled by the seemingly large number who favour audible recitation; compared with the rest they are very few. The plain wording of al-Shafi‘i in the Mukhtasar is to recite quietly, for he says: ‘He conceals the recitation,’ without distinguishing between day and night; had there been a distinction he would have stated it. Support for this comes from the hadith of Abu Umamah already mentioned.” [End of abridged quotation].