Saying The Takbir Over The Deceased
Darussalam · Volume 3
BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3197 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 210
Source no. 3197 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح الأحكام (١١٢)
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3197. It was narrated that Ibn Abī Lailā said: “Zaid, meaning Ibn Arqam, would say the Takbir four times over our Janazah, but then he said the Takbir five times over a Janazah. I asked him (about that) and he said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to do that.” (Sahīh)
3197 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَرْقَمَ، يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا، وَإِنَّهُ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ خَمْسًا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَبِّرُهَا» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «وَأَنَا لِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى أَتْقَنُ»
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The majority of the scholars hold the view of saying four Takbirs during the Janāzah prayer. The formula of the prayer after each Takbīr is this: After the first, recitation of Al-Fātiḥah; after the second, saying Ṣalāt upon the Prophet ﷺ after the third, supplication for the deceased, and after the fourth, the final Taslīm.