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What Has Been Related About The Takbir For The Funeral (Prayer)

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Darussalam · Volume 2

8. The Chapters On Janā'iz From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 331

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1023. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā said: "Zaid bin Arqam would say four Takbīr for our funerals. (Once) he said five Takbīr for a funeral so we asked him about that and he said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would say those Takbīr.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Zaid bin Arqam is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others held the view that there should be five Takbīr for the funeral (prayer). Aḥmad and Ishāq said: When the Imām says five Takbīr for the funeral, then he is to follow the Imām.

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١٠٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ ‌عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: «كَانَ ‌زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا»، وَإِنَّهُ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ خَمْسًا، فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكَبِّرُهَا. حَدِيثُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، رَأَوُا التَّكْبِيرَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ خَمْسًا، وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ: إِذَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ خَمْسًا فَإِنَّهُ يَتْبَعُ الْإِمَامَ.

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According to Hanbalis more than seven and less than four Takbīr are not lawful for a funeral prayer. It is approved to say four Takbīr in a funeral prayer.