اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لاَّ اِلٰهَ اِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ
شَرِيْكَ له و اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَ
رَسُوْلُهُ اَرْسَلَهُ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيْرًا وَ
نَذِيْراً بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ.
Transliteration: Ash hadu an
laa ilaaha illallaahu wah’dahu laa shareeka lah. Wa
Ash hadu anna Muh’ammadan a’bduhu wa Rasooluh,
arsalahu bil h’aqqi basheeran wa nadheeran bayna
yada yis saa-a’.
Translation: I testify that
there is no god except Allah. The One, there is no
partner for him. I testify that Muhammad is His
servant and Messenger, whom He sent with truth as a
giver of glad tidings and a warner till the Judgment
Day.
After the 2nd Takbeer recite:
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ سَلِّمْ عَلٰي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ
بَارِكْ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ارْحَمْ
مُحَمَّدًا وَ اٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ
سَلَّمْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ وَ تَرَحَّمْتَ عَلىٰ
اِبْراهِيْمَ و آلِ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ اِنَّكَ حَمِيْدٌ
مَجِيْدٌ وَ صَلِّ عَلىٰ جَمِيْعِ الْاَنْبِيَاءِ
وَالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ وَ الشُّهَدَآءِ وَ
الصِّدِّيْقِيْنَ وَ عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِيْنَ.
Transliteration: Allaa humma
s’alli a’laa Muh’ammadin wa Aali Muh’ammad wa baarik
a’laa Muh’ammadin wa Aali Muh’ammad war h’am
Muh’ammadan wa Aala Muh’ammadin kamaa s’allayta wa
baarakta wa tarah’ h’amta a’laa Ibraheema wa Aali
Ibraheema innaka H’ameedum Majeed wa s’alli a’laa
jameei’l ambiyaai wal-mursaleena wash-shuhadaai
was’-s’iddeeqeena wa jami’i i’baadillaa his’-s’aalih’een.
Translation: O Allah, exalt
Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and bless
Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and have mercy
on Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, like You
exalted and blessed and had mercy on Ibrahim and the
progeny of Ibrahim, indeed You are the praised and
the majestic. And exalt all the prophets and
messengers and martyrs and the truthful and all the
righteous servants.
After the 3rd Takbeer recite:
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ
الْاَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَالْاَمْوَاتِ تَابِعْ
اللَّهُمَّ بَيْننَا وَ بِيْنَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ
اِنَّكَ مُجِيْبُ الدَّعَوَاتِ اِنَّكَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ
شَىٍْ قَدِيْرُ وَ بِالْاِجَابَةِ حَقٌّ جَدِيْرٌ.
Transliteration: Allaa hum
maghfir lil mu-mineena wal mu-minaati wal muslimeena
wal muslimaat, al ah’yaai minhum wal amwaat tabi’
allaahumma baynana wa baynahum bil khayraati innaka
mujeebud-da’waat innaka a’laa kulli shay-in Qadeer.
Wa bil ijaabati h’aqqun jadeer.
Translation: O Allah, forgive
the believer men and the believer women and the
Muslim men and the Muslim women, their living and
their dead. And continue the connection of good
between us and them; indeed You are the acceptor of
supplications and You have power over everything and
only You are worthy of answering the prayers.
After the 4th Takbeer recite:
اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّ هٰذَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ
وَابْنُ
اَمَتِكَ نَزَلَ بِكَ وَ اَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْزُوْلٍ
بِهِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ لاَ نَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ
اِلاَّ خَيْراً وَ اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ بِهِ
مِنَّا اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا
فَزِدْفِىْ اِحْسَانِهِ وَ اِنْ كَانَ مُسِيْئًا وَ
مُذْنِبًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ وَ احْشُرْهُ
مَعَ النَّبِيِّ وَ الْاَئِمَّةِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ
الطَّاهِرِيْنَ.
Allaah humma inna haadha a’bduka
wabnu a’bdika wabnu amatika nazala bika wa anta
khayru manzoolin bihi Allaah humma inna laa na’lamu
minhu illa khayra wa anta a’alamu bihi minna. Allaah
humma in kaana moh’sinan fa zid fi ih’saanihi wa in
kaana musi-an wa mudhniban fatajaawaz a’n sayyaatihi
wah’ shurhu ma-a’n nabiyyi wa aaimmatit’
t’ayyibeenat’t’aahireen.
Translation: O Allah, indeed
this is Your servant, son of Your servant and son of
Your maidservant. He has become Your guest and You
are the best of the hosts. O Allah, we do not know
except good from him and You are more knowing than
us. O Allah, if he had been a doer of good, increase
his good deeds and if he had been a sinner and an
evil-doer, forgive his sins. And gather him on the
Judgment Day with the Prophet and the purified and
chaste Imams.
If the dead body is that of a
woman he should say:
اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّ
هٰذِهِ اَمَتُكَ وَابْنَةُ عَبْدِكَ
وَابْنَةُ اَمَتِكَ
نَزَلَتْ بِكَ وَ اَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْزُوْلٍ بِهِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ لاَ نَعْلَمُ
مِنْهَا اِلاَّ خَيْراً وَ اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ
بِهَا مِنَّا اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ
كَانَتْ مُحْسِنَةً فَزِدْفِىْ
اِحْسَانِهَا وَ اِنْ كَانَتْ مُسِيْئَةً وَ
مُذْنِبَةً فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ
سَيِّئَاتِهَا وَ احْشُرْهَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ وَ
الْاَئِمَّةِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ.
Allaah humma inna haadhihi a’matuka
wabnatu a’bdika wabnatu amatika nazalat bika wa anta
khayra manzoolin bihi Allaah humma inna laa na’lamu
minha illa khayra wa anta a’alamu biha minna. Allaah
humma in kaanat moh’sinatan fa zid fi ih’saaniha wa
in kaanat musiatan wa mudhnibatan fatajaawaz
sayyaatiha wah’ shur ha ma-a’n nabiyyi wa aaimmatit’
t’ayyibeenat’t’aahireen.
Translation: O Allah, indeed
this is Your maidservant, daughter of Your servant
and daughter of Your maidservant. She has become
Your guest and You are the best of the hosts. O
Allah, we do not know except good from her and You
are more knowing than us. O Allah, if she had been a
doer of good, increase her good deeds and if she had
been a sinner and an evil-doer, forgive her sins.
And gather her on the Judgment Day with the Prophet
and the purified and chaste Imams.
Thereafter he should pronounce the
5th Takbeer and complete the Funeral Prayer. If it
is the dead body of a male child, instead of the
above, recite the following Dua:
اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِاَبَوَيْهِ
وَ لَنَا سَلَفًا وَّ فَرَطًا وَّ اَجْرًا
Transliteration: Allaahummaj
a’lhu li abawaihi wa lanaa salafanw wa farat’anw wa
ajraa.
Translation: O Allah, make
him for his parents and for us a store, a preceder
and recompense.
If it is a female child recite:
اَللَّهُمَّ
اجْعَلْهَا لِاَبَوَيْهَا وَ لَنَا سَلَفًا وَّ
فَرَطًا وَّ اَجْرًا
Transliteration: Allaahummaj
a’lha li abawaiha wa lanaa salafanw wa farat’anw wa
ajraa.
Translation: O Allah, make
her for her parents and for us a store, a preceder
and recompense.
After that recite the following Dua:
رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا فِى الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَّ فِى
الْاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَّقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Transliteration: Rabbana
aatinaa fid duniya h’asanatanw wa fil aakhirati
h’asanatanw wa qina a’dhaaban naar.
Translation: Our Lord! Grant
us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and
save us from the chastisement of the fire.
616. A person offering prayers for the dead
body should recite takbirs and supplications in a
sequence, so that Namaz-e-Mayyit does not lose its
form.
617. A person who joins Namaz-e-Mayyit to
follow an Imam should recite all the takbirs and
supplications.
618. The following acts are Mustahab in
the prayers for the dead body:
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A person who offers prayers for the dead body
should have had Ghusl or performed Wudhu or
tayammum. And the precaution is that he should
perform tayammum only when it is not possible to
do Ghusl, or Wudhu, or if he fears that if he
goes for Ghusl or Wudhu it will not be possible
for him to participate in the prayers.
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If the dead body is that of a male the Imam or a
person who is offering the prayers alone should
stand at the centre of its height, that is, the
middle part of the dead body, and if the dead
body is that of a female he should stand at the
chest of the dead body.
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To pray bare-footed.
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To raise one's hands (up to the ears) while
pronouncing every takbir.
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The distance between the person offering prayers
and the dead body should be so short that, when
the wind blows, the dress of the person offering
the prayers would touch the coffin.
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To pray in congregation.
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The Imam to recite the takbirs and supplications
loudly and those offering the prayers with him
to recite them in a low voice.
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If there is only one person joining the
Namaz-e-Mayyit being offered in Jama'at, he
would stand behind the Imam.
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One who offers the prayers should earnestly and
persistently pray for the dead as well as for
all the believers.
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Before the commencement of the congregational
prayers for the dead body one should say "as-Salat"
three times.
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The prayers be offered at a place where people
often go for Namaz-e-Mayyit.
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If a Haaez (woman in her menses) participates in
the congregational prayers for a dead person,
she should stand alone and should not join the
lines.
619. It is Makrooh to perform prayers for dead
bodies in masjids, except in Masjidul Haram.
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