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1039. 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed your brother An-Najāshī has died. So stand to perform Salāt for him." He ('Imrān) said: "We stood and lined up just as the deceased is lined up for, and we prayed for him just as the deceased is prayed for." (Sahih)
There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Jābir bin 'Abdullāh, Abū Sa'eed, Ḥudhaifah bin Asīd, and Jarīr bin 'Abdullāh.
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb from this route. Abū Qilābah has reported it from his uncle Abū Al-Muhallab, from 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain. Abū Al-Muhallab's name is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Amr, and they say it is Mu'āwiyah bin 'Amr.
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Commentary
This narration is a proof that the 'prayer in the absence' of the deceased can be performed. It seems more reasonable to perform the funeral prayer of the deceased only in peculiar circumstances. If the deceased is a prominent and
important personality or great scholar of Islamic world, or who has rendered services of great value to the nation and community, and people wanted to participate in his funeral prayers but they missed it for some reason, his funeral prayer can be performed in absence.
