DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNERAL PRAYER pdf download

Description of the Funeral Prayer

DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNERAL PRAYER

You say the first Takbeer (âAllaahu akbarâ), then you seek refuge with Allaah from the accursed Shaytaan, then you say Bismillah Rahmaan ir-Raheem and recite al-Faatihah followed by a short soorah or some aayahs.

Then you say Takbeer and send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as one does at the end of the prayer. Then you say a third Takbeer and make duâaaâ for the deceased. The best is to say:

(O Allaah, forgive our living and our dead, those who are present among us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our males and our females.

O Allaah, whoever You keep alive, keep him alive in Islam, and whoever You cause to die, cause him to die with faith.

O Allaah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and sound and forgive him, honour the place where he settles and make his entrance wide; wash him with water and snow and hail, and cleanse him of sin as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.

 O Allaah, give him a house better than his house and a family better than his family. O Allaah, admit him to Paradise and protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of Hell-fire; make his grave spacious and fill it with light.

O Allaah, do not deprive us of the reward and do not cause us to go astray after this).

Transliteration: âAllaahumma ighfir lihaayina wa mayitina wa shaahidina wa ghaaâibina wa sagheerina wa kabeerina wa dhakarina wa unthaana. Allaahumma man ahyaytahu minna fa ahyihi âalaâl-Islam wa man tawaffaytahu minna fa tawiffahu âalaâl-eemaan.

Allaahumma ighfir lahu warhamhu wa âaafihi wa aâfu âanhu, wa akrim nuzulahu wa wassiâ madkhalahu waghsilhu biâl-maaâ waâl-thalj waâl-barad,

wa naqqihi min al-khataaya kama yunaqqaâ al-thawb al-abyad min al-danas. Allaahumma abdilhu daaran khayra min daarihi wa ahlan khayra min ahlihi. Allaahumma adkhilhu al-jannah wa aâidhhu min âadhaab il-qabri wa min âadhaab il-naar wa afsah lahu fi qabrihi wa nawwir lahu fihi. Allaahumma laa tahrimna ajrahu wa la tadillanaa baâdahu