Description of The Funeral Prayer-Shaykh Ibn Baaz

Description of the Funeral Prayer: Shaykh ibn Baaz
[In both The Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, janazah prayer is
conducted after almost every congregational prayer. Learn this prayer before you leave for The
Holy Land so that there will be greater depth to your participation in this prayer]
Q: What is the manner of performing Funeral Prayer?
A: The manner of performing Funeral Prayer is that the Imam (the one who leads congregational
Prayer) begins by pronouncing Takbirat-ul-Ihram (saying: “Allahu Akbar [Allah is the
Greatest]”) and seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.
He then recites the Basmalah (saying, “Bismillah Al-Rahman, Al-Rahim [In the Name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful]”) and Al-Fatihah (the opening chapter of the Glorious
Qur’an, Surah number I). It is desirable that he recites a short Surah after Al-Fatihah, such as Al-
Ikhlas or Al-`Asr, or some Ayahs (Qur’anic verses). It was authentically related from the
Prophet (peace be upon him) in the Hadith of Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his
father) which indicates this.
Then, the Imam should pronounce the second Takbir (saying: “Allahu Akbar [Allah is the
Greatest]”) and invoke Allah’s peace upon the Prophet(peace be upon him) in the same manner
a person invokes Allah’s peace upon him in the final Tashahhud (a recitation in the sitting
position in the second/ last unit of Prayer).
The Imam pronounces the third Takbir and supplicates to Allah for the deceased with the well-
known supplications (of the Prophet), being attentive to mentioning the correct gender and plural
pronouns for multiple funerals.
Finally, the Imam pronounces the fourth Takbir followed by a moment of silence and then
recites Taslim (salutation of peace ending the Prayer) once to his right only.
As for the opening invocation, there is no harm in either saying it or not. Yet it is better to omit it
in accordance with the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him): Hasten the funeral
proceedings…
Q: Would you please explain to us how should the Funeral Prayer be performed as
reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him), because many people do not know how it
should be performed?
A: The manner of performing Funeral Prayer was demonstrated by the Prophet (peace be upon
him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) as follows: It begins with
pronouncing Takbirat-ul-Ihram and seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. Then, the
Imam recites the Basmalah and Al-Fatihah followed by a short Surah or some Ayahs. Then, he
pronounces Takbir and invokes Allah’s peace upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) as one does
at the end of the Prayer. Then, he pronounces a third Takbir and supplicates to Allah for the
deceased.
The best is to say:
O Allah, 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 Allah, whoever You decree
to live, let him live in Islam and whoever You cause to die, cause him to die withIman (Faith).
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and sound and forgive him, honor
the place where he settles and make his entrance wide; wash him with water, snow and hail, and
cleanse him of sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.
O Allah, give him a house better than his house and a family better than his family. O Allah,
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 Allah, do not deprive us of the reward and do not cause us to go astray after this.
All of this was recorded from the Prophet (peace be upon him). If you supplicate to Allah using
other words, this is fine. For example, one may say,
“O Allah, if he was a doer of good, then increase his good deeds; and if he was a wrongdoer,
then forgive his bad deeds. O Allah, forgive him and give him the strength to say the right
thing.”
Then, after a fourth Takbir there is a short pause ending with one Taslim to the right. This was
narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him).
It is an act of Sunnah (action following the teachings of the Prophet) that the Imam stands at the
head of the body if the deceased is a male and by its middle if it is the body of a female as
authentically reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the Hadith of Anas and Samurah
ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with them both). As for the opinion held by some scholars that
it is prescribed in the Sunnah that the Imam stands at the chest of the body if the deceased is a
male, this is a weak opinion that has no basis as far as we know. When performing Funeral
Prayer, the dead body should be positioned facing the direction of the Qiblah (Ka`bah-direction
faced in Prayer), because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is the Qiblah
(Ka`bah-direction faced in Prayer) of Muslims while living i.e. during Prayer and after death [in
the grave]. May Allah grant us success.
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Learn the dua’s ( taken from Hisn al Muslim, Darussalam Publishers)
For the deceased in the funeral prayer:
[Note: The following are for funeral of a male Muslim, change it accordingly for female
Muslimah]
، ‫اللُه ِّم اْغِف ْر ِلَحِّينا َو َم ِّيِتنا َو شاِهِدنا‬

.‫ َو َذَكِر نا َو ُأْنثانا‬، ‫ َو َص غيِر نا َو َكبيِر نا‬، ‫َو غاِئِبنا‬
‫اللُه ِّم َمْن َأْحَيْيَتُه ِمّنا َف َأْح ِيِه َعلى‬
‫َو َمْن َتَو َّف ْيَتُه ِمّنا َف َتَو َّف ُه َعلى‬، ‫اِإلْس الم‬
‫ َو ال ُتِض َّلنا‬، ‫ اللُه ِّم ال َتْح ِر ْم نا َأْج َر ه‬، ‫اِإليمان‬
‫َبْعَده‬
Allaahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa’ibinaa, wa sagheerinaa
wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa ‘unthaanaa. Allaahumma man ‘ahyaytahu minnaa fa’ahyihi
‘alal-‘Islaami, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu ‘alal-‘eemaani, Allaahumma laa
tahrimnaa ‘ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba’dahu.
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our
young and our old, our menfolk and our womenfolk. O Allah, whomever you give life from
among us give him life in Islam, and whomever you take way from us take him away in Faith. O
Allah, do not forbid us their reward and do not send us astray after them.
Ibn Majah 1/480, Ahmad 2/368. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 1/251.
‫ َو عاِف ِه َو اْعُف‬، ‫اللُه ِّم اْغِف ْر َلُه َو اْر َح ْم ه‬

‫ْل‬ ‫ْغ‬ ‫ا‬ ، ‫ه‬‫َل‬ ‫َخ‬ ، ‫ه‬‫َل‬ ‫ُن‬ ‫ْك‬‫ َأ‬، ‫َعْنه‬
‫ُه‬ ‫ِس‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ْد‬ ‫ْع‬
‫َوَو ِّس ُم‬ ‫ُز‬ ‫ْم‬ ‫َو ِر‬
‫ َو َنِّق ِه ِم َن اْلخطايا‬، ‫ِباْلماِء َو الَّثْلِج َو اْلَبَر ْد‬
، ‫َكما َنّق ْيَت الَّثْو ُب اَألْبَيُض ِم َن الَّدَنْس‬
‫َأ‬ ‫َأ‬
‫ َو ْه ًال َخ ْيرًا ِم ْن‬، ‫َو ْبِدْلُه دارًا َخ ْيرًا ِم ْن داِر ه‬
‫ْل‬ ‫ِخ‬ ‫ َأ‬، ‫ه‬ ‫ًا‬ ‫ر‬ ‫َخ‬ ‫ًا‬ ، ‫ه‬ ‫ْهِل‬‫َأ‬
‫َو ْد ُه‬ ‫ِم ْن َز ْوِج‬ ‫ْي‬ ‫َو َز ْو َج‬
‫ َو َأِع ْذُه ِم ْن َعذاِب الَق ْبر َو َعذاِب الّنار‬، ‫اْلَج َّنة‬
Allaahum-maghfir lahu warhamhu, wa ‘aafihi, wa’fu ‘anhu, wa ‘akrim nuzulahu, wa wassi’
mudkhalahu, waghsilhu bilmaa’i waththalji walbaradi, wa naqqihi minal-khataayaa kamaa
naqqaytath-thawbal-‘abyadha minad-danasi, wa ‘abdilhu daaran khayran min daarihi, wa ‘ahlan
khayran min ‘ahlihi, wa zawjan khayran min zawjihi, wa ‘adkhilhul-jannata, wa. ‘a’ithhu min
‘athaabil-qabri[wa ‘athaabin-naar].
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him and give him strength and pardon him. Be generous
to him and cause his entrance to be wide and wash him with water and snow and hail. Cleanse
him of his transgressions as white cloth is cleansed of stains. Give him an abode better than his
home, and a family better than his family and a wife better than his wife. Take him into Paradise
and protect him from the punishment of the grave [and from the punishment of Hell-fire].
Sheeh Muslim 2/663.
The funeral prayer for deceased child:
‫َق‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬‫َذ‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ْذ‬ ‫َأ‬

‫ِر‬‫ْب‬ ‫ِب‬ ‫َع‬ ‫ِم‬ ‫ُه‬ ‫ِع‬ ‫اللُه َّم‬
،‫اللُه ـِّم اْجَع ْلـُه َف َر طـًا َو ُذْخـرًا ِلواِلـَديِه‬
‫ اللُه ـِّم َثـِّق ْل ِبِه‬،‫َو َش فـيعًا ُم َج ـابًا‬
،‫ َو َأْعـِظْم ِبِه ُأُج ـوَر ُه ـما‬،‫َم وازيـَنُه ما‬
‫ َو اْجَع ْلـُه في‬،‫َو َأْلـِح ْق ـُه ِبَص اِلـِح الـمْؤ ِم نـين‬
‫ َو ِق ِه ِبَر ْح َم ـِتَك َعذاَب‬،‫َِكفَـاَلِة ِإْبـراهـيم‬
‫ َو َأْه ًال‬، ‫ َو َأْبـِدْلُه دارًا َخـْيرًا ِم ْن داِر ه‬,‫اْلَج ـِح يِم‬
,‫ الَّلُه َّم اْغِف ْر ِإلْس الِفَنا‬,‫َخـْيرًا ِم ْن َأْهِلـه‬
‫ َو َمْن َس َبَق َنَا ِباِإليَم ان‬,‫َو َأْف راِطَنا‬
Allaahumma ‘a’ith-hu min ‘athaabil-qabri. Allaahum-maj’alhufaratan wa thukhran liwaalidayhi,
wa shafee’an mujaaban. Allaahumma thaqqil bihi mawaazeenahumaa wa ‘a’dhim bihi
‘ujoorahumaa, wa ‘alhiqhu bisaalihil-mu’mineena, waj’alhu fee kafaalati ‘Ibraaheema, wa qihi
birahmatika ‘athaabal-jaheemi, wa ‘abdilhu daaran khayran min daarihi, wa ‘ahlan khayran min
‘ahlihi, Allaahum-maghfir li’aslaafinaa, wa ‘afraatinaa wa man sabaqanaa bil’eemaan.
O Allah, protect him from the torment of the grave. O Allah, make him a precursor, a forerunner
and a treasure for his parents and an answered intercessor. O Allah, make him weigh heavily in
their scales (of good) and magnify their reward. Make him join the righteous of the believers.
Place him in the care of Ibrahim. Save him by Your mercy from the torment of Hell. Give him a
home better than his home and a family better than his family. O Allah, forgive those who have
gone (i.e. passed away) before us, our children lost (by death), and those who have preceded us
in Faith.
Ibn Qudamah, Al-Mughni 3/416 and Ad-Duroosul-Muhimmah li-Aammatil-‘Ummah, pg. 15, by

Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz bin Baz.

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Q: What is the manner of performing Funeral Prayer?

The best is to say:

the grave]. May Allah grant us success.

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For the deceased in the funeral prayer:

، ‫اللُه ِّم اْغِف ْر ِلَحِّينا َو َم ِّيِتنا َو شاِهِدنا‬

‫ َو عاِف ِه َو اْعُف‬، ‫اللُه ِّم اْغِف ْر َلُه َو اْر َح ْم ه‬

Sheeh Muslim 2/663.

The funeral prayer for deceased child:

‫َق‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬‫َذ‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ْذ‬ ‫َأ‬

Ibn Qudamah, Al-Mughni 3/416 and Ad-Duroosul-Muhimmah li-Aammatil-‘Ummah, pg. 15, by

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