How is the specific supplication for the deceased and the general supplication performed?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : What is meant by the specific right in the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh : The specific supplication, which is the specific right, is: “O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, and grant him well-being.” This is a specific supplication.
The questioner : Shaykh, I make supplication for myself while I am praying.
The Shaykh : No, no, not for yourself. It is a specific supplication for the deceased. The first one, “O Allah, forgive our living and our dead,” is general, and “O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him” is specific.
The questioner : When the imam mentions the fifth takbir, what do I say?
The Shaykh : You make supplication for the deceased.
The Shaykh : The specific supplication, which is the specific right, is: “O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, and grant him well-being.” This is a specific supplication.
The questioner : Shaykh, I make supplication for myself while I am praying.
The Shaykh : No, no, not for yourself. It is a specific supplication for the deceased. The first one, “O Allah, forgive our living and our dead,” is general, and “O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him” is specific.
The questioner : When the imam mentions the fifth takbir, what do I say?
The Shaykh : You make supplication for the deceased.