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1498. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ offered the
funeral prayer he would say: 'Allâhummaghfir lihayyinâ wa mayyitinâ, wa shâhidinâ wa ghâ'ibinâ, wa saghirinâ wa kabirinâ, wa dhakarinâ wa unthânâ. Allâhumma man ahyaitahu minnâ faahyihi 'alal-Islâm, wa man tawaffaytahu minnâ fa tawaffahu 'alal-imân. Allâhumma lâ tahrimnâ ajrahu wa lâ tudillanâ ba'dah. [O Allâh, forgive our living and our dead, those who are present and those who are absent, our young and our old, our males and our females. O Allâh, whomever of us You cause to live, let him live in Islam, and whomever of us You cause to die, let him die in (a state of) faith. O Allâh, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not let us go astray after him].'" (Hasan)
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Commentary
As the real purpose of funeral prayer is invoking for the dead, but at this occasion other Muslims should also be included in the supplication. The supplication mentioned in the Hadith is such a supplication that is for all the Muslims.
'Deprive us not of his reward' means showing patience for the death of relatives and friends, and also the reward for other related good deeds.
'Let us not go astray after him' means that in bereavement of death, let not acts that are forbidden be committed, which are instigated by one's inciting soul, and by the whispering of Satan, which is misguidance.
