It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The rider should go behind the funeral, the one walking should stay close to it, and the funeral prayer is also to be offered over a child."

It is reported from Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The rider should go behind the funeral, and the one walking should walk close to it on its right and left; and the funeral prayer is also to be offered over a miscarried child (siqt: an incompletely formed child born dead), and supplication is to be made for its parents for well-being and mercy." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Bukhari, since in his Sahih he recorded a long hadith with this same chain through the narration of al-Mu'tamir.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a baby cries out (at birth), he will inherit and the funeral prayer will be offered over him." The two Shaykhs did not use Isma'il bin Muslim as evidence.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at (the battle of) Khaybar, when a man from among us, of the tribe of Ashja', died. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Offer the funeral prayer over this companion of yours (I will not pray over him)." When we searched (his belongings) to find the reason, we found in his belongings some beads from the beads of the Jews (from the spoils of war) that were not worth even two dirhams. People have narrated this hadith from Yahya bin Sa'id, and this Abu Amrah al-Juhani is a man well known for truthfulness, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man died in the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). A man came and said: "So-and-so has died." the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "He has not died." The man came a second time and said: "So-and-so has died." He (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: "He has not died." When he came the third time and said: "So-and-so has died," the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How did he die?" He said that he had killed himself with a broad-headed arrow (mishqas) that he had with him. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not lead the funeral prayer over him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it!

Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was called to a funeral, he would ask about the (deceased). If he was praised with good, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lead the funeral prayer over him; and if something other than that (something bad) was said about him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say to his family: "You see to his affair," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not lead the funeral prayer over him himself. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came (to Madinah), our practice was that when death approached one of us, we would inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He would come and seek forgiveness for him, until, when his soul had been taken, he (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions would remain there until the burial; and at times the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had to stay there for a very long time. When we feared that this caused hardship for him, some people said to others: "If we do not inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until the soul has been taken, and inform him after it has been taken, there will be no burden of hardship or long waiting upon him (peace and blessings be upon him)." So we began to do that, informing him after the deceased had died, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would come and lead the funeral prayer over him. Then sometimes he (peace and blessings be upon him) would go back and sometimes he would stay there until the burial. We remained on this practice for some time. Then we said among ourselves: "If we do not trouble the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and instead carry our funerals to him ourselves so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) may pray over them near his house, that would be easier for him (peace and blessings be upon him)." So we adopted this practice, and the matter has continued that way to this day. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, and I dictated it earlier in abridged form.

Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abi Talhah narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) called the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when (his son) Umayr bin Abi Talhah died. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them and led the funeral prayer over him in their very house. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in front, Abu Talhah stood behind him (peace and blessings be upon him), and Umm Sulaym stood behind Abu Talhah, and no one else was present there besides them. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and it is a rare (gharib) Sunnah indicating the permissibility of women offering the funeral prayer, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him), whose ears, nose and so on had been cut off and whose body had been mutilated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not for the fear that Safiyyah (Hamzah's sister) would be grieved, I would have left him like this until Allah raises him (on the Day of Resurrection) from the bellies of the birds and the beasts of prey." He (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded him in a striped woollen cloak (namirah) which, if his head was covered, left his feet exposed, and if his feet were covered, left his head exposed; so he (peace and blessings be upon him) covered his head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over any martyr other than him, and he said: "I am a witness over you today." He (peace and blessings be upon him) would put two or three men together in one grave and ask: "Which of them knew more of the Qur'an?" and he would place that one first in the niche (lahd); and he (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded two or three men in a single cloth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the martyrs of Uhud were not washed; they were buried with their blood, and the funeral prayer was not offered over them. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Bukhari alone recorded, through al-Zuhri, the hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over them, but it does not contain these comprehensive words which Usamah bin Zayd al-Laythi alone narrated from al-Zuhri. And the two of them (Bukhari and Muslim) agreed on the hadith of al-Layth bin Sa'd from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over the martyrs of Uhud as the prayer is offered over the deceased. And Allah knows best.