Abu Bakr says that once I offered the funeral prayer behind Abu al-Malih. He said, "Straighten the rows and intercede for him in a good manner. If I were to like any man, I would have liked this deceased." Then he narrated from his chain the narration of Hazrat Maymunah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "If a group offers the funeral prayer for a Muslim, their intercession is accepted for him." Abu al-Malih says that by "group" is meant forty to a hundred or even more people.