first companion whose funeral Ṣalāĥ was performed by the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.
(Derived from: Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ - referenced, vol. 5, pp. 375-376)
The funeral Ṣalāĥ is Farḍ-e-Kifāyaĥ, i.e. if even a single person offered it, everyone would be relieved of the obligation; if no one offered it, and all those who were aware of it will be sinners. Jamā’at (congregation) is not a condition for this Ṣalāĥ; if even one person offered it, the Farḍ will be fulfilled. The denial of its Farḍiyyat (obligation) is Kufr (infidelity). (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 825; ‘Ālamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 162; Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 120)
The two fundamentals are: (1) To recite ‘اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ’ four times (2) Qiyām (to stand). The three Sunan-e-Muakkadaĥ are: (1) Šanā (2) Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī (3) Supplication for the deceased. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 829)
The Muqtadī should make the following intention: ‘I make the intention of offering this funeral Ṣalāĥ for Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and making supplication (Du’ā) for this dead person, following this Imām.’
(Fatāwā Tātār Khāniyaĥ, vol. 2, pp. 153)