Narrated Aishah: I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed over Suhail bin al-Baida' in the mosque.

Narrated Aishah: I swear by Allah, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed in the mosque over the two sons of al-Baida': Suhail and his brother.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If anyone prays over the dead in the mosque, there is nothing on him.

Narrated Uqbah bin Amir: There were three times at which the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to forbid us to pray or bury our dead - when the sun begins to rise till it is fully up, when the sun is at its height midway till it passes the meridian, and when the sun draws near to setting till it sets, or as he said.

Yahya ibn Subayh said: Ammar client of al-Harith ibn Nawfal told me that he attended the funeral of Umm Kulthum, and her son. The body of the boy was placed near the imam. I objected to it. Among the people there were Ibn Abbas, Abu Saeed al-Khudri, Abu Qatadah and Abu Hurairah. They said: This is the sunnah (established practice of the Prophet).

Nafi Abu Ghalib said: I was in the Sikkat al-Mirbad. A bier passed and a large number of people were accompanying it. They said: Bier of Abdullah ibn Umayr. So I followed it. Suddenly I saw a man, who had a thin garment on riding his small mule. He had a piece of cloth on his head to protect himself from the sun. I asked: Who is this important man? People said: This is Anas ibn Malik. When the bier was placed, Anas stood and led the funeral prayer over him while I was just behind him, and there was no obstruction between me and him. He stood near his head, and uttered four takbirs (Allah is Most Great). He neither lengthened the prayer nor hurried it. He then went to sit down. They said: Abu Hamzah, (here is the bier of) an Ansari woman. They brought her near him and there was a green cupola-shaped structure over her bier. He stood opposite her hips and led the funeral prayer over her as he had led it over the man. He then sat down. Al-Ala ibn Ziyad asked: Abu Hamzah, did the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say the funeral prayer over the dead as you have done, uttering four takbirs (Allah is Most Great) over her, and standing opposite the head of a man and the hips of a woman? He replied: Yes. He asked: Abu Hamzah, did you fight with the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. I fought with him in the battle of Hunayn. The polytheists came out and invaded us so severely that we saw our horses behind our backs. Among the people (i. e. the unbelievers) there was a man who was attacking us, and striking and wounding us (with his sword). Allah then defeated them. They were then brought and began to take the oath of allegiance to him for Islam. A man from among the companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I make a vow to myself that if Allah brings the man who was striking us (with his sword) that day, I shall behead him. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم kept silent and the man was brought (as a captive). When he saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , he said: Messenger of Allah, I have repented to Allah. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stopped (for a while) receiving his oath of allegiance, so that the other man might fulfil his vow. But the man began to wait for the order of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for his murder. He was afraid of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم to kill him. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم saw that he did not do anything, he received his oath of allegiance. The man said: Messenger of Allah, what about my vow? He said: I stopped (receiving his oath of allegiance) today so that you might fulfil your vow. He said: Messenger of Allah, why did you not give any signal to me? The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: It is not worthy of a Prophet to give a signal. Abu Ghalib said: I asked (the people) about Anas standing opposite the hips of a woman. They told me that this practice was due to the fact that (in the days of the Prophet) there were no cupola-shaped structures over the biers of women. So the imam used to stand opposite the hips of a woman to hide her from the people. Abu Dawud said: The saying of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم "I have been commanded to fight against the people until they say: There is no god bu Allah" abrogated this tradition of fulfilling the vow by his remark: "I have repented".

Narrated Samurah bin Jundab: I prayed behing the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم over a woman who died in childbirth, and he stood opposite her waist.

Narrated Al-Shabi: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم passed a grave dug freshly. They arranged a row and uttered four takbirs over it. I asked al-Shabi: Who told you ? He replied: A reliable person whom Abdullah bin Abbas attended.

Narrated Ibn Abi Laila: Zaid bin Arqam used to utter four takbirs (Allah is Most Great) over our dead person (during prayer). He uttered five takbirs on a dead person. So I asked him. He replied: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to utter those. Abu Dawud said: I remember the tradition of Ibn al-Muthanna in a more guarded way.

Narrated Talhah bin Abdullah bin Awf: I prayed over a dead person along with Ibn Abbas. He recited Surat al-Fatihah and he said: This is the Sunnah.