What is the form of the supplication when the funeral prayer is performed for a deceased adult and a child together, and is the reward obtained for each deceased individually, even if the prayer is performed for both of them together?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the form of the supplication when the funeral prayer is performed for a deceased adult and a child with him, and is the reward obtained for each deceased individually, even if the prayer is performed for all of them?
The Shaykh : Yes, if there are two funerals, an adult and a boy, the adult is supplicated for in the same way as for a single person, meaning as if it were an independent funeral. Then, the boy is supplicated for with what is supplicated for a child: "O Allah, make him a forerunner and a store for his parents, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted". As for the reward, he obtains the reward of two funerals, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever attends a funeral until the prayer is performed over it, if a person attends two funerals, two qirats are written for him, and if he attends both funerals until they are buried, four qirats are written for him." Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, if there are two funerals, an adult and a boy, the adult is supplicated for in the same way as for a single person, meaning as if it were an independent funeral. Then, the boy is supplicated for with what is supplicated for a child: "O Allah, make him a forerunner and a store for his parents, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted". As for the reward, he obtains the reward of two funerals, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever attends a funeral until the prayer is performed over it, if a person attends two funerals, two qirats are written for him, and if he attends both funerals until they are buried, four qirats are written for him." Yes.