Sunan Ibn Majah 1503

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا الْهَجَرِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْأَسْلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى جِنَازَةِ ابْنَةٍ لَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَمَكَثَ بَعْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ شَيْئًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَسَمِعْتُ الْقَوْمَ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِهِ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الصُّفُوفِ فَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَكُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي مُكَبِّرٌ خَمْسًا؟، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ تَخَوَّفْنَا ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَفْعَلَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ سَاعَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَيَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ .

Al-Hajari said: “I prayed with ‘Abdullah bin Abi Awfa Al-Aslami, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), 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 (ﷺ) 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.’”