Narrated Abu Hurairah: If anyone attends the funeral and prays over (the dead), he will get the reward of one qirat, and if anyone attends the funeral until the completion (of the burial), he will get the reward of two qirats, the smaller of them being equivalent of Uhud, or one of them being equivalent to Uhud.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجنائز / 3168
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح, أخرجه الحميدي بتحقيقي (1027 وسنده صحيح) ورواه مسلم (945)
Dawud bin Amir bin Saad bin Abi Waqqas said that his father Amir bin Saad was with Ibn Umar bin al-Khattab when Khabbab, the owner of the closet (maqsurah), came and said: Abdullah bin Umar dont you hear what Abu Hurairah says ? He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone goes out of his house, accompanies bier and prays over it. . . . He then mentioned the rest of the tradition as narrated by Sufyan. Thereupon Ibn Umar sent someone to Aishah (asking her about it). She replied: Abu Hurairah spoke the truth.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجنائز / 3169
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح مسلم (945)
Narrated Ibn Abbas: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: If any Muslim dies and forty men associate nothing with Allah stand over his bier. Allah will accept them as intercessors for him.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجنائز / 3170
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح مسلم (948)