Supplications of the funeral prayer for a child

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

O Allah! Protect him from the punishment of the grave.

1. Sahih Mawquf: Muwatta' Malik, ed. Abd al-Baqi (1/228), the wording is his, Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, ed. ash-Shathri, no. (11936), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in his research on al-Mishkat, no. (1689).

   This narration says that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (RH) said: I prayed the funeral prayer behind Abu Hurairah (RA) over a child who had not yet committed any sin, and Abu Hurairah (RA) said these words in the supplication.

   It is established that this supplication is also said, along with a long supplication, at the funeral of adults; see page (148) of this book.

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اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطًا وَّسَلَفًا وَّذُخْرًا

O Allah! Make him for us a forerunner, one who has gone ahead, and a treasure for the Hereafter.

The reciter says “wa ajran” (and a reward) instead of “wa dhukhran” (and a treasure).

1. Hasan Mawquf, as-Sunan al-Kubra of al-Bayhaqi, Indian edition (4/9), and al-Albani graded it Hasan in “Ahkam al-Jana'iz” (page 161).

   This is narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) as mawquf. Here the author quoted the practice of al-Hasan al-Basri (RH) with the words “ اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطاً وَّسَلَفاً وَّاَجْرًا”. Its chain is also sahih; see: [ad-Du'a' of at-Tabarani, ed. Muhammad Sa'id, no. (1203), Sahih al-Bukhari, mu'allaq (2/89), before hadith (1335), the wording is theirs, Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, ed. ash-Shathri, no. (31826), Taghliq at-Ta'liq of Ibn Hajar (2/484)].

   Some called it weak because of the 'an'anah of Sa'id and his teacher Qatadah in the chain of Taghliq at-Ta'liq, but these two narrators are not in the narration of at-Tabarani and Ibn Abi Shaybah; that is, several other trustworthy narrators support Qatadah, so calling this narration weak is completely wrong.

When offering condolences, say these words:

اِنَّ لِلّٰهِ مَآ اَخَذَ وَلَهٗ مَا اَعْطٰى وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهٗ بِاَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى

Indeed, to Allah belongs what He has taken, and to Him belongs what He has given, and everything with Him has an appointed term.

After saying this, the bereaved should be urged to be patient and to hope for reward.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (7377), Sahih Muslim, no. (923), the wording is theirs, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (3125), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1868), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (1588).

   Some say there is some difference between the wording of al-Bukhari and Muslim, but that is entirely wrong; the truth is that the wording of both is exactly the same.