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What is the evidence to support the practice of praying Salat Wahshat for the deceased?

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What is the evidence to support the practice of praying Salat Wahshat for the deceased?
Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 3 years ago

Bismihi ta'ala

What we can see from our esteemed scholars is they refer to this prayer as "salat laylatul-dafn", the prayer of the night after burial, or "salat hadiyatul mayyit" prayer of a gift to the deceased, or "salat laylatul wahshah", prayer of the night of loneliness.

One narration for this prayer is: 

قال رسول الله (ص) لا يأتي على الميت أشد من أول ليلة فارحموا موتاكم بالصدقة فإن لم تجدوا فليصل أحدكم ركعتين: يقرأ في الأولى الحمد وآية الكرسي وفي الثانية الحمد والقدر عشرا فإذا سلم قال: “اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد، وابعث ثوابهما إلى قبر فلان”. فإنه تعالى يبعث من ساعته ألف ملك إلى قبره مع كل ملك ثوب وحلة …

This is in al-Misbah, by al-Kaf'ami, p. 164.

Our Maraji' taqleed also consider this prayer to be mustahab as well. 

And Allah knows best