It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed the people of the death of the Negus on the very day he died, went out with them for the prayer, arranged them in rows and said four takbirs.
This is the wording of the hadith of Imam al-Shafi'i and Abdullah; in the narration of Yahya: He went out to the prayer ground and said four takbirs. Imam al-Bukhari also narrated it in his Sahih.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6931
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of the death of the Negus (the ruler of Abyssinia) on the day he died, and said: "Seek forgiveness for your brother."
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also related that he (peace and blessings be upon him) arranged them in rows for the prayer and said four takbirs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6932
Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the funeral prayer over Ashamah the Negus and said four takbirs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6933
Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was informed by someone who was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to an isolated grave, arranged them in rows, stood in front himself, prayed the funeral prayer over it and said four takbirs. Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said: "O Abu Amr! Who narrated this hadith to you?" He said: "Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6934
Yazid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer at a grave and said four takbirs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6935
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Sahl narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer at the grave of a woman and said four takbirs.
Sufyan bin Husayn narrated it like this; the correct version is the narration of Malik and those who followed him, as mursal, without mention of his father in it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6936
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was present at a funeral, and he said four takbirs over the funeral. Then he paused for a while and supplicated, and said: "What do you think, did I intend to say five takbirs?" They said: "No." He said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say four takbirs."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6937
Ibrahim al-Hajari (may Allah have mercy on him) also narrated it from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) with the same meaning, except that he said: They said: "We have seen that." He said: "I would not do that; indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say four takbirs, then remain (standing) for as long as Allah willed."
Ja'far bin Awn said: Ibrahim al-Hajari informed me, and he mentioned it within a story he related from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6938
Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels offered the funeral prayer over Adam (peace be upon him) and said four takbirs, and they said: 'O children of Adam! This is your way.'"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6939
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pray over your dead, by night and by day, with four takbirs."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6940