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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The multiplication of the reward for the funeral prayer according to the number of funerals

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In the Haram, there are multiple funerals. Does the reward that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about multiply accordingly?
If there are multiple funerals in one prayer, does a person receive the reward for the number of these funerals?The apparent: Yes.
Because it is true that he prayed over two, three, or four funerals, so he receives the reward. But how does he intend? Does he intend to pray over one or over all of them? He intends to pray over all of them. And if there are children with them, the child has a specific supplication. When he finishes the supplication for the adults, he supplicates for the children. And if it is a man and a woman, he supplicates for them using the dual form, saying: O Allah, forgive them both,Likewise, if they are two men, he says: O Allah, forgive them both,Likewise, if they are two women, he says: O Allah, forgive them both,As for if they are a group of women, he says: O Allah, forgive them (feminine plural),A group of men, he says: O Allah, forgive them (masculine plural),Men and women, he says: O Allah, forgive them (masculine plural), where the masculine pronoun takes precedence over the feminine pronoun.
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