English translation
1028. Marṭḥad bin 'Abdullāh Al-Yazānī narrated: "When Mālik bin Hubairah performed Ṣalāt for a funeral and the people were few he would divide them into three groups (rows) then say: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "For whomever three rows perform Ṣalāt, then it is granted."[1] (Da'if) (He said:) There are narrations on this topic from 'Aishah, Umm Ḥabībah, Abū Hurairah, and Maimūnah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Mālik bin Hubairah is a Hasan Hadīth. This is how it was narrated by others from Muḥammad bin Ishāq. Ibrāhīm bin Sa'd reported this Hadīth from Muḥammad bin Ishāq, but he added a man between Marṭad and Mālik bin Hubairah. But the narration of these people is more correct to us.
