Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead

From him, from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Muhammad ibn Muhajir from his mother, Umm Salamah, she said: I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام say: “When the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, prayed over a deceased person, He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the takbir and recite the tashahhud. Then Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the takbir again, send blessings upon the Prophets, and supplicate. Then Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the takbir and supplicate for the believers. Then Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the fourth takbir and supplicate for the deceased. Then Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the (final and fifth) takbir and depart. But when Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, forbade Him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم from praying over the hypocrites, Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the takbir and recite the tashahhud. Then Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would pronounce the takbir and send blessings upon the Prophets عليه السلام, peace be upon them. Then he would pronounce the takbir and supplicate for the believers. Then he would pronounce the fourth takbir and depart, and He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would not supplicate for the deceased.”