Azami 3710

Nasai narrated it (1989) from Qutayba, who said, "Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Umama," and he mentioned it. Its isnad is sahih, and Hakim graded it sahih (1/360) according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, and Nawawi said the same in Majmu (5/33), and Hafiz graded it sahih in Fath al-Bari. His saying, "from the sunnah," means from the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah .I say, except that it is a mursal narration from a companion, for Abu Umama here is not the well-known companion Bahili, but rather Asad bin Sahl bin Hunayf Ansari, who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet , did not hear from him, and narrated from the Prophet in mursal form.This hadith was connected by Shafii through the mention of a man from the companions of the Prophet . Bayhaqi reported it (4/39) by the route of Shafii, who said, "Mutarrif bin Mazin informed us, from Mamar, from Zuhri, Abu Umama bin Sahl informed me that a man from the companions of the Prophet informed him that the sunnah in the funeral prayer is that the imam says the takbir, then recites the Fatihah of the Book after the first takbir silently to himself, then prays for the Prophet , and devotes the supplication for the deceased in the takbirs, not reciting anything in any of them, then gives the salam silently to himself."Ibn Main accused Mutarrif of lying. Then he narrated from Dahhak bin Qays something similar to the statement of Abu Umama. Then Bayhaqi said, "This strengthens the narration of Mutarrif regarding the mention of the Fatihah." End of quote.So there is no dislike in reciting the Fatihah, whether as a form of glorification, as the Hanafis say, or as a form of recitation, as the majority say. See what Shaykh Abdul-Hayy Hanafi mentioned in Taliq Mumajjad (2/113).His saying, "then he prays for the Prophet ," means after the second takbir, and he chooses from the formulas of prayer upon the Prophet as mentioned before in the tashahhud. His saying, "and he devotes the supplication," means after the third takbir, and he chooses from the supplications whatever he wishes, as will come later.His saying, "then he gives the salam silently," means he does not raise his voice as in the regular prayers, but rather gives the salam loud enough for the one next to him to hear. Ibn Umar used to do that, and it is one of the positions of Imam Ahmad. His second position is that he gives the salam aloud.A note. The ruling for someone who catches the third takbir with the imam in the funeral prayer, that is, he catches with the imam the supplication for the deceased, is that he completes what he missed of the first and second takbirs. In the first, he prays for the Prophet , and in the second, he supplicates for the deceased, then he says the takbir, and gives the salam. This is the meaning of completion, as stated in Sahih Bukhari (908) and Sahih Muslim (602/151), "and whatever you have missed, complete it."And if he intends to follow the ruling of making up what was missed, as mentioned in some routes of Sahih Muslim (602:154) with the wording, "and make up what preceded you," then in the first takbir he recites the Fatihah, and in the second he prays for the Prophet , then he says the takbir and gives the salam. The first view is more correct.