What is the supplication recited in the funeral prayer when the deceased include both children and adults?
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Question:
This questioner is asking about the prayer for the deceased, when there are small children among them. Is the supplication general for all of them, or are the children given a specific supplication?
Answer:
For the adults, one supplicates for forgiveness and mercy, and for whatever supplications have been transmitted. For the children, one says: “O Allah, forgive the parents of this child, and make him a forerunner, a store, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted. O Allah, make him weigh down their scales, and make his reward great for them. Place him in the care of Ibrahim, and protect him, by Your mercy, from the punishment of the Hellfire.” So one supplicates for the adults and for the children with what has been transmitted. Yes.
This questioner is asking about the prayer for the deceased, when there are small children among them. Is the supplication general for all of them, or are the children given a specific supplication?
Answer:
For the adults, one supplicates for forgiveness and mercy, and for whatever supplications have been transmitted. For the children, one says: “O Allah, forgive the parents of this child, and make him a forerunner, a store, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted. O Allah, make him weigh down their scales, and make his reward great for them. Place him in the care of Ibrahim, and protect him, by Your mercy, from the punishment of the Hellfire.” So one supplicates for the adults and for the children with what has been transmitted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1615 - ما الدعاء الذي يُقال في صلاة الجنازة إذا كان الأموات صغارا وكبارا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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