How to Pray the Funeral Prayer
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What is the detailed method of praying over the deceased? Is ritual purity required for it?
Answer: Yes; the prayer for the deceased is a prayer that requires ritual purity; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called it a prayer, so it is a prayer that begins with the takbir and includes the taslim, so it is a prayer for which ritual purity is obligatory, reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory in it, and supplicating for the deceased is also obligatory, and praying upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so it is a prayer, so whoever prays without ritual purity, his prayer is not valid.
And what is prescribed in it: that one says the takbir first, then recites al-Fatihah and whatever is easy with it, then says the takbir a second time and prays upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just as one prays in the prayer, the known Ibrahimic prayer: (O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy and Majestic, O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy and Majestic). Then he says the takbir a third time and supplicates for the deceased, saying: (O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female, O Allah, whoever You keep alive among us, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever You cause to die among us, cause him to die upon faith, then he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, or O Allah, forgive her -if it is a woman- and have mercy on her, and if he names them by their names, that is good, O Allah, forgive so-and-so son of so-and-so, O Allah, forgive so-and-so daughter of so-and-so, O Allah, forgive her and have mercy on her, grant her well-being, and pardon her, and honor her abode, and widen her entrance, and wash her with water, snow, and hail, and purify her from sins as the white garment is purified from dirt, O Allah, replace her with a home better than her home, and a family better than her family, and admit her into Paradise and protect her from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire, and make spacious for her in her grave and light for her therein).
And if it is for her .. if the man is dead and he has a wife, she says: a wife better than his wife, and the woman likewise, a husband better than her husband if she has a husband and her husband dies.. a husband better than her husband, and if the deceased is a woman and she has a husband, it is said about her likewise, and he knows that she has a husband, he says: O Allah, replace her with a wife better than her, and if he adds and says: O Allah, if he was a doer of good, increase him in his good, and if he was a doer of evil, overlook his evils, You are the One worthy of generosity and grace, O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not misguide us after him, and forgive us and him, all of this is good, all of it is prescribed, and if he adds some supplications likewise, then he says the takbir a fourth time and remains silent for a little, then he says the taslim once to his right, this is what is prescribed in the funeral prayer, four takbirs, he raises his hand with each takbir, this is the best, and he recites al-Fatihah after the first, and the best is not to recite the opening supplication, and if he recites it, there is no blame on him, and he recites with al-Fatihah a short surah or some verses as established from Ibn 'Abbas from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he says the takbir a second time and prays upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just as one prays in the prayer as mentioned before, then he says the takbir a third time and says what was mentioned before: (O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female, this is general, O Allah, whoever You keep alive among us, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever You cause to die among us, cause him to die upon faith, O Allah, forgive him if the deceased is male, or O Allah, forgive her, or he intends the deceased, O Allah, forgive him, or he intends the funeral, he says: O Allah, forgive her, all of it is permissible, and if he knows him, he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, or if he knows her, he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, all of it is good and fine, O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, grant him well-being, and pardon him, and honor his abode, and widen his entrance, and wash him with water, snow, and hail, and purify him from sins as the white garment is purified from dirt, O Allah, replace him with a home better than his home, and a family better than his family, O Allah, admit him into Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire, and make spacious for him in his grave and light for him therein, O Allah, if he was a doer of good, increase him in his good, and if he was a doer of evil, overlook his evils, You are the One worthy of generosity and grace, O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not misguide us after him, and forgive us and him), all of this is prescribed and some of it is sufficient, then he says the takbir a fourth time saying: Allahu Akbar, then he says the taslim once to his right after remaining silent for a little, this is what is prescribed in the funeral prayer, and it is prescribed that he raises his hands with each takbir, this is the best. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes; the prayer for the deceased is a prayer that requires ritual purity; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called it a prayer, so it is a prayer that begins with the takbir and includes the taslim, so it is a prayer for which ritual purity is obligatory, reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory in it, and supplicating for the deceased is also obligatory, and praying upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so it is a prayer, so whoever prays without ritual purity, his prayer is not valid.
And what is prescribed in it: that one says the takbir first, then recites al-Fatihah and whatever is easy with it, then says the takbir a second time and prays upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just as one prays in the prayer, the known Ibrahimic prayer: (O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy and Majestic, O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy and Majestic). Then he says the takbir a third time and supplicates for the deceased, saying: (O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female, O Allah, whoever You keep alive among us, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever You cause to die among us, cause him to die upon faith, then he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, or O Allah, forgive her -if it is a woman- and have mercy on her, and if he names them by their names, that is good, O Allah, forgive so-and-so son of so-and-so, O Allah, forgive so-and-so daughter of so-and-so, O Allah, forgive her and have mercy on her, grant her well-being, and pardon her, and honor her abode, and widen her entrance, and wash her with water, snow, and hail, and purify her from sins as the white garment is purified from dirt, O Allah, replace her with a home better than her home, and a family better than her family, and admit her into Paradise and protect her from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire, and make spacious for her in her grave and light for her therein).
And if it is for her .. if the man is dead and he has a wife, she says: a wife better than his wife, and the woman likewise, a husband better than her husband if she has a husband and her husband dies.. a husband better than her husband, and if the deceased is a woman and she has a husband, it is said about her likewise, and he knows that she has a husband, he says: O Allah, replace her with a wife better than her, and if he adds and says: O Allah, if he was a doer of good, increase him in his good, and if he was a doer of evil, overlook his evils, You are the One worthy of generosity and grace, O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not misguide us after him, and forgive us and him, all of this is good, all of it is prescribed, and if he adds some supplications likewise, then he says the takbir a fourth time and remains silent for a little, then he says the taslim once to his right, this is what is prescribed in the funeral prayer, four takbirs, he raises his hand with each takbir, this is the best, and he recites al-Fatihah after the first, and the best is not to recite the opening supplication, and if he recites it, there is no blame on him, and he recites with al-Fatihah a short surah or some verses as established from Ibn 'Abbas from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he says the takbir a second time and prays upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just as one prays in the prayer as mentioned before, then he says the takbir a third time and says what was mentioned before: (O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female, this is general, O Allah, whoever You keep alive among us, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever You cause to die among us, cause him to die upon faith, O Allah, forgive him if the deceased is male, or O Allah, forgive her, or he intends the deceased, O Allah, forgive him, or he intends the funeral, he says: O Allah, forgive her, all of it is permissible, and if he knows him, he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, or if he knows her, he says: O Allah, forgive so-and-so, all of it is good and fine, O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, grant him well-being, and pardon him, and honor his abode, and widen his entrance, and wash him with water, snow, and hail, and purify him from sins as the white garment is purified from dirt, O Allah, replace him with a home better than his home, and a family better than his family, O Allah, admit him into Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire, and make spacious for him in his grave and light for him therein, O Allah, if he was a doer of good, increase him in his good, and if he was a doer of evil, overlook his evils, You are the One worthy of generosity and grace, O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not misguide us after him, and forgive us and him), all of this is prescribed and some of it is sufficient, then he says the takbir a fourth time saying: Allahu Akbar, then he says the taslim once to his right after remaining silent for a little, this is what is prescribed in the funeral prayer, and it is prescribed that he raises his hands with each takbir, this is the best. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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