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O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are young and those who are old, those of us who are males and those who are females, and those of us who are present and those who are absent. O Allah, whoever of us You give life, let him live upon Islam, and whoever of us You take in death, let him die in a state of faith. O Allah, deprive us not of his reward, and subject us not to temptation after his death

عن أَبي هريرة وأبي قتادة وَأبي إبراهيم الأشهلي عن أبيه -وأبوه صَحَابيٌّ- رضي الله عنهم عن النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه صلى على جِنَازَةٍ، فقال: «اللهم اغفر لِحَيِّنَا ومَيِّتِنَا، وصغيرنا وكبيرنا، وذَكرنا وأُنثانا، وشَاهِدِنَا وغَائِبِنَا، اللهم مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ على الإسلامِ، ومَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفِّهِ على الإيمانِ، اللهم لا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، ولا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ».
Abu Hurayrah, Abu Qatādah, and Abu Ibrahīm al-Ash'hali - from his father (who was a Companion) - reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) once offered the funeral prayer over a deceased person and said the following: "O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are young and those who are old, those of us who are males and those who are females, and those of us who are present and those who are absent. O Allah, whoever of us You give life, let him live upon Islam, and whoever of us You take in death, let him die in a state of faith. O Allah, deprive us not of his reward, and subject us not to temptation after his death."
Narrated by Ibn Majah - Narrated by AhmadGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

Whenever the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer over a deceased person, he would say what means: "O Allah, forgive all of the Muslims, the living and the dead, the young and the old, the males and the females, the present and the absent. O Allah, whoever of us You give life, let him live while holding firmly to the teachings of Islam, and whoever of us You take his soul in death, let him die in a state of faith. O Allah, do not deprive us of the reward of bearing the calamity of his death, and do not let us go astray after his death."

Reference

سنن أبي داود - سليمان بن الأشعث السِّجِسْتاني تحقيق: محمد محيي الدين عبد الحميد: المكتبة العصرية، صيدا - بيروت سنن الترمذي - محمد بن عيسى ، الترمذي، تحقيق وتعليق:أحمد محمد شاكر ومحمد فؤاد عبد الباقي وإبراهيم عطوة عوض -شركة مكتبة ومطبعة مصطفى البابي الحلبي - مصر الطبعة: الثانية، 1395 هـ - 1975 م سنن أبي داود، بتحقيق الألباني، مكتبة المعارف للنشر والتوزيع، الطبعة الثانية 1427ه نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين لمجموعة من الباحثين, مؤسسة الرسالة, الطبعة الرابعة عشر, 1407ه . دليل الفالحين لطرق رياض الصالحين لمحمد بن علان الصديقي, دار الكتاب العربي. مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح، المؤلف : الملا على القاري. المصدر : موقع المشكاة الإسلامية بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين، لسليم الهلالي, دار ابن الجوزي. شرح رياض الصالحين لابن عثيمين , دار مدار الوطن للنشر، الرياض, الطبعة : 1426 هـ. تطريز رياض الصالحين لفيصل بن عبد العزيز المبارك النجدي, تحقيق: عبد العزيز آل حمد, دار العاصمة , الطبعة: الأولى، 1423 هـ

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Method of Praying over the Dead

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