Hazrat Khalid narrates that I was present at the funeral of Hazrat Ghaneem when a person related to me regarding him that Hazrat Ghaneem said: I heard Hazrat Abu Musa saying the takbeer for the funeral prayer over a deceased, then he supplicated as follows: O Allah! Forgive him as he sought forgiveness from You, and grant him that which he asked of You, and increase for him from Your bounty.

Hazrat Abu Salamah narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Salam said: In the funeral prayer, recite this supplication: O Allah! Forgive all our living and all our deceased, and all our young and all our elders, and all our men and all our women, and all our present and all our absent. O Allah! Whomever You cause to die from among us, cause him to die in faith. And whomever You keep alive from among us, keep him alive in Islam.

Hazrat Abu Sadiq Al-Naji narrates that I asked Hazrat Abu Saeed about the funeral prayer, so he said: We used to supplicate like this: O Allah! You are our Lord and his Lord as well, You created him and You provided him sustenance, and You gave him life and You sufficed him, so forgive us and him. And do not deprive us of its reward and do not misguide us after him.

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.

Hazrat Jabir says that neither the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor Hazrat Abu Bakr, nor Hazrat Umar made anything specific apparent for us regarding the funeral prayer.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from thirty companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that he did not specify anything in the funeral prayer.

Hazrat A'mash says that Ibrahim said: There is no specific supplication prescribed in the prayer offered over the deceased.

Dawud narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib and Hazrat Shabi said: There is no specific supplication prescribed in the funeral prayer.