Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abi Bakr narrates that I performed the funeral prayer with Hazrat Abu Malih. He said, "Straighten the rows and intercede (pray for forgiveness) for him in a good manner." If I were given the authority to choose someone, I would have chosen him. Hazrat Abdullah bin As-Saleel narrated to me that it is reported from Hazrat Maymunah, who was his foster brother, that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no Muslim for whom a congregation performs the funeral prayer except that intercession is made for him." Hazrat Abu Malih said that by congregation is meant forty to one hundred people.