Is there a specific supplication for a deceased child?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: Is there a specific supplication in the Sunnah to be recited for a deceased child during the funeral prayer? And is there a prohibition in the Sunnah against a woman lying on her back?
The Shaykh : Yes, the second one?
The questioner : And is there a prohibition in the Sunnah against a woman lying on her back?
The Shaykh : As for the first question, there is no authentic Sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this, but there are hadiths whose authenticity is subject to scrutiny. It is stated that for a child who has not reached puberty, one supplicates for his parents. Some jurists have mentioned an appropriate supplication, saying: "O Allah, make him a pioneer for his parents, a store of good deeds, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted. O Allah, make him weigh down their scales, magnify their rewards, join him with the righteous predecessors of the believers, place him under the care of Ibrahim, and protect him, by Your mercy, from the punishment of the Blazing Fire."
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: Is there a specific supplication in the Sunnah to be recited for a deceased child during the funeral prayer? And is there a prohibition in the Sunnah against a woman lying on her back?
The Shaykh : Yes, the second one?
The questioner : And is there a prohibition in the Sunnah against a woman lying on her back?
The Shaykh : As for the first question, there is no authentic Sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this, but there are hadiths whose authenticity is subject to scrutiny. It is stated that for a child who has not reached puberty, one supplicates for his parents. Some jurists have mentioned an appropriate supplication, saying: "O Allah, make him a pioneer for his parents, a store of good deeds, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted. O Allah, make him weigh down their scales, magnify their rewards, join him with the righteous predecessors of the believers, place him under the care of Ibrahim, and protect him, by Your mercy, from the punishment of the Blazing Fire."