مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الجنائزBook of Funerals
في قال: لا يصلي عليه حتى يستهل صارخاSome scholars say the funeral prayer is not performed for a child unless it cries after birth
Hadith 11949
١١٩٤٩ - حدثنا غندر عن شعبة قال: حدثنا (جلاس) (١) (السلمي) (٢) قال: سمعت [(عثمان) (٣) بن (جحاش) (٤) قال: سمعت] (٥) سمرة بن جندب ومات ابن له (صغيرًا) (٦) (فقال) (٧): اذهبوا (به) (٨) فادفنوه ولا يصلَّى عليه (فإنه) (٩) ليس عليه إثم، وادعوا اللَّه لوالديه أن يجعله لهما فرطًا وأجرًا (نحوه) (١٠) (١١).
Hazrat Usman bin Jahash narrates that I heard Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub say, when his young son passed away, he said: Take him and bury him, the funeral prayer will not be offered for him because there is no sin upon him. Pray to Allah Almighty for forgiveness for his parents, that He may make this child a means of forgiveness and an intercessor for them.
