ON THE SUBJECT OF 157 PRAYERS TO BE READ AT A FUNERAL; SUPPLICATION OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him, OVER THE DECEASED H 948 "The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, led the funeral prayer over a deceased person and I (Abu Abdur Rahman Auf, the son of Malik) preserved his prayer in my memory. He supplicated. 'O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him and make him secure, and pardon him; give to him an honored place in Paradise, and make his entrance spacious, and wash him with water, snow and ice, and purify him of all the sins as a piece of white cloth is cleansed from dirt, and give to him a home better than his home and a family better than his family and a spouse better than his spouse, and admit him into Paradise, and shield him from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Fire.' Abu Abdur Rahman Auf said, 'On hearing him, I wished I had been that corpse.'" R 948 Muslim with a chain up to Abu Abdur Rahman Auf son of Malik who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.