حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَجَرِيُّ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَی الْأَسْلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی جِنَازَةِ ابْنَةٍ لَهُ فَکَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا فَمَکَثَ بَعْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ الْقَوْمَ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِهِ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الصُّفُوفِ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَکُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي مُکَبِّرٌ خَمْسًا قَالُوا تَخَوَّفْنَا ذَلِکَ قَالَ لَمْ أَکُنْ لِأَفْعَلَ وَلَکِنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يُکَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ يَمْکُثُ سَاعَةً فَيَقُولُ مَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1503
Al-Hajari said: "I prayed with' Abdullah bin Abi Awfa AIAslami, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H offering the funeral prayer for a daughter of his, He said Takbir over her four times, and he paused for a while after the fourth. I heard the people saying Subhan-Allah to him throughout the rows. Then he said the Salam and said: 'Did you think that I was going to say a fifth Takbir?' They said: 'We were afraid of that: He said: 'I was not going to do that, but the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H,used to say four Takbir, then pause for a while, and he would say Whatever Allah willed he should say, then he would say the Salam:" (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020