Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Ibn Ghailan narrate that Hazrat Abu Darda used to recite this supplication in the funeral prayer: O Allah! Forgive our living and deceased Muslims. O Allah! Grant forgiveness to the believing men and believing women, and also to the Muslim men and Muslim women, and set right their mutual affairs, and make their hearts like the hearts of their best people. O Allah! Forgive the sins of so-and-so son of so-and-so and unite him with Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). O Allah! Raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be the successor for him among those who remain behind, and place his record of deeds in Illiyin. Lord of all the worlds, forgive us and him. O Allah! Do not deprive us of his reward, and do not let us go astray after him.

Hazrat Nafi’ narrates that whenever Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) offered the funeral prayer for someone, he would supplicate as follows: O Allah! Grant blessing in him and send mercy upon him. And forgive him. And admit him to the Hawd al-Kawthar of Your Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says, due to the lengthy standing and much speech, I could not understand anything beyond this.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Auf narrates that Hazrat Abu Lahi al-Hawzani attended the funeral of Shurahbil bin Simt. At the funeral, Habib bin Muslimah Fahri was made to lead, then he turned towards us as if coming from a distance, and he said: Strive in supplication for your brother. And become those who pray for him in this way: O Allah! Forgive this pure Muslim. And make him among those who repented and followed Your path. And save him from the punishment of Hell. And you people seek help against your enemy.