What is recited in the first takbir of the funeral prayer?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Regarding the funeral prayer, in the first takbir, what is recited? Do we recite the opening supplication, the seeking of refuge, the basmalah, then al-Fatihah, and with it a surah?
Answer:
There is no opening supplication in the funeral prayer. There is no opening; you begin by seeking refuge from Satan, then you recite al-Fatihah.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Regarding the funeral prayer, in the first takbir, what is recited? Do we recite the opening supplication, the seeking of refuge, the basmalah, then al-Fatihah, and with it a surah?
Answer:
There is no opening supplication in the funeral prayer. There is no opening; you begin by seeking refuge from Satan, then you recite al-Fatihah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يقرأ في التكبيرة الأولى لصلاة الجنازة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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