What Was Narrated Concerning One Who Says The Takbir Five Times
Darussalam · Volume 2
6. The Chapters On WhatHas Been NarratedRegarding FuneralsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1505 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 482
Source no. 1505 · Volume 4 · Page 5
Sahih
صحيح الأحكام (١١٢)
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1505. It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Abi Laila said: "Zaid bin Arqam used to say the Takbir four times in the funeral prayer, and he said the Takbir five times for one funeral. I asked him (about that) and he said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to do that.'" (Sahih)
1505 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ «يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا، وَأَنَّهُ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ خَمْسًا» فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَبِّرُهَا»
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The narration informs that proclaiming five Takbir is also permissible. In this form, some supplications are made after the third Takbir and some after the fourth Takbir, and the salutation for ending the prayer would be made after the fifth Takbir.