Hadith #201

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏مُوسَى ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏جَابِرٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ النَّبِيِّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ وَصَلُّوا عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ أَرْبَعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سَوَاءً ‏

English Translation

Musa narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ: 'When one of you shrouds his brother, let him do it well. And pray over the dead with four takbirat, at night and during the day alike.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 29, Hadith 201

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14239

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