Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the angels said four takbirs over the funeral of Adam (peace be upon him); Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs over the funeral of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs over the funeral of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs over the funeral of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said four takbirs over the funeral of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); and Sayyiduna al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs over the funeral of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him). The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Mubarak bin Fadalah is of such a rank in asceticism and knowledge that a narrator like him is not criticised; however, the two Shaykhs did not take his narrations because of the weakness of his memory. There is a supporting hadith (shahid) for this hadith, as follows:

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states that the takbirs which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said over a funeral the last time were four; Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs over Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said four takbirs over Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said four takbirs over Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said four takbirs over al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him); and the angels said four takbirs over Adam (peace be upon him). It is not hidden from me that al-Furat bin al-Sa'ib does not meet the condition of this book; I have presented it only as a supporting narration (shahid).

Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf states that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) led a funeral prayer and recited Surah al-Fatihah in it. I asked him about this, and he said that it is the Sunnah, or (he said) it is part of the completion of the Sunnah. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of both of them (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it!

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you wash one of your deceased, a ritual bath (ghusl) is not obligatory upon you, for your deceased is not impure; rather, it is sufficient for you to wash your hands." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. It contains a refutation of the disputed hadith narrated from Muhammad bin Amr, in whose various chains it is stated: "Whoever washes a deceased person should take a ritual bath himself." [Beginning of the Book of Zakah]