The servant of Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Abdullah’s son passed away. He said to me:“Kuraib! Get up and go see if anyone has come for my son (for his funeral prayer)?”I said:“Yes.”He said:“Oh! May you perish, how many are they... are they forty?”I said:“They are more than forty.”He said:“Lift up my son’s body. I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘If forty believers intercede for a believer (for forgiveness), Allah accepts their intercession for the deceased.’”