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1971. Abû Umâmah bin Sahl bin Hunaif said: "A poor woman in Al-'Awâlî fell sick and the Prophet ﷺ used to ask them about her. He said: 'If she dies, do not bury her until I have offered the funeral prayer for her.' She died and they brought her to Al-Madînah after dark, and they found that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ had gone to sleep. They did not like to wake him up, so they offered the funeral prayer for her and buried her in Baqî' Al-Gharqad. The next morning they came and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ asked them about her. They said: 'She has been buried, O Messenger of Allâh. We came to you and found you sleeping, and we did not like to
wake you up.' He said: 'Let's go.' He set out walking and they went with him and showed him her grave. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood and they formed rows behind him, and he offered the funeral prayer for her, saying the Takbīr four times." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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It transpires from this Hadīth that the funeral prayer might be conducted over the grave; even if the deceased has been already buried, providing there exists a reasonable cause. Moreover, in the second funeral, the people who had participated in the earlier funeral may also join! Thus we come to learn that re-performance of the funeral service was not the attribute or the specialty of the Prophet ﷺ.
