Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11706 — Reports on the funeral prayer

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Awf says that Ibn Luhayy al-Hawzani attended the funeral of Shurahbil bin al-Simt, and Sayyiduna Habib bin Maslamah al-Fihri (may Allah be pleased with him) was put forward to lead the prayer. He turned towards us the way a tall person looks down on others because of his height, and then said: Strive hard in supplication for your brother, and let what you supplicate for him be (like this): 'Allahumma ighfir li-hadhihi al-nafs al-hanifiyyah al-muslimah, waj'alha min alladhina tabu wattaba'u sabilaka, wa qiha 'adhab al-jahim' (O Allah, forgive this upright, Muslim soul, make it among those who repented and followed Your path, and protect it from the punishment of Hellfire). And seek the help of Allah against your enemy.