Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ فَإِنْ تَبِعَهَا حَتَّى يُقْضَى دَفْنُهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ أَصْغَرُهُمَا أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَتَعَاظَمَهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ صَدَقَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لَقَدْ فَرَّطْنَا فِي قَرَارِيطَ كَثِيرَةٍ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr, who said: Abu Salamah narrated to me, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'Whoever performs the funeral prayer over a deceased person will have one qirat [of reward] recorded for him, and if he follows it until the burial is completed, he will have two qirats, the smaller of which — or one of which — is like [the mountain of] Uhud.' This reached Ibn 'Umar and he found it enormous, so he sent to 'A'ishah, and she said: 'Abu Hurayrah has spoken the truth.' Ibn 'Umar said: 'We have indeed missed out on many qirats.'