Is it true that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed over a deceased person and pronounced more than four takbirs in the funeral prayer?
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The last of the Prophet's actions (peace be upon him) regarding the takbir over the deceased was four, and most scholars adopted this view. Al-Bukhari held that the takbir over the deceased is four, and Al-Zayn ibn Al-Munir indicated that the takbir does not exceed four. Consensus was reached on four, and it is not known that any of the jurists of the major cities said five, except for Ibn Abi Layla.
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