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(13). 3098. Ibn ‘Umar said: “‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when his father died, and said: ‘Give me your shirt to shroud him in and perform the Ṣalāt upon him, and seek forgiveness for him.’ So he (ﷺ) gave him his shirt, and said: ‘When you are finished then inform me.’ So when he wanted to perform the Ṣalāt, ‘Umar tugged at him and said: ‘Has not Allāh prohibited that you perform Ṣalāt over the hypocrites?’ He said: ‘I have been given the choice between two: ‘Whether you seek forgiveness for them or you do not seek forgiveness for them...’[1] So he performed Ṣalāt for him. Then Allāh revealed: ‘And never pray for any of them who dies, nor stand at his grave...’[2] So he abandoned praying for them.” (Sahīh)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh.
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The Prophet offered the funeral prayer over ‘Abdullāh bin Ubayy to show kindness and sympathy to his faithful son, which he had personally made a
request for. Many of his friends embraced Islam by observing the profound manners and mercy of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. But in the future, there was a risk that the believers would feel uncomfortable because of participating in funeral prayers and in burial arrangements of the hypocrites; so thereafter the Prophet ﷺ never offered funeral prayer over a hypocrite.
