وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى
قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى جَنَائِزِنَا أَرْبَعًا وَأَنَّهُ كَبَّرَ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ خَمْسًا فَسَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يكبرها
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abu Laila said that Zayd ibn Arqam used to say “God is most great” four times over their dead at funerals, but once he said it five times. On being questioned about it he replied that God’s messenger used to do so.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1571, Book 6, Funerals, Hadith 128. 1 min read