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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he
heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "I once prayed behind Abu Hurayra over
a child who had never done a wrong action and I heard him say, 'O
Allah, give him protection from the torment of the grave.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 16, Hadith 19
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi
from his father that he had asked Abu Hurayra, "How do you pray over
the dead?" and Abu Hurayra replied, "By the Life of Allah, I will tell
you! I follow with the family and when the corpse is put down I say
'Allah is greater' and praise Allah and ask for blessings on His
Prophet. Then I say, 'O Allah, he is Your slave and the son of Your
male slave and Your female slave. He used to testify that there is no
god but You and that Muhammad is Your slave and Your Messenger, and
You know that best. O Allah, if he acted well, then increase for him
his good action, and if he acted wrongly, then overlook his wrong
actions. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not try us
after him.'"
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar
used not to recite when praying over a dead person.