SALATUL-JANAZAH
1 ISLAMIC RULING ON SALATUL-JANAZAH:
. FARDH-KIFAYAH (COLLECTIVE OBLIGATORY DUTY):
IT IS SUFFICENT IF THIS DUTY IS PERFORMED BY SOME IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF NOT , THEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HAS SINNED.
2 MERITS OF SALATUL-JANAZAH:
. ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALL AH (SAW) SAID:
“HE WHO ATTENDS A FUNERAL TILL SALAAH IS MADE FOR (THE DEAD), FOR HIM IS (THE REWARD OF) ONE QEERAT, AND HE WHO ATTENDS UNTIL IT IS BURIED, FOR HIM IS (THE REWARD OF) TWO QEERAAT.”
THEY ASKED: “WHAT ARE THE QEERAAT?” HE (SAW) REPLIED: “LIKE TWO HUGE MOUNTAINS.” (COLLECTED BY BUKHARI & MUSLIM)
3 HOW SALATUL-JANAZAH IS MADE:
a- THE BODY OF THE DECEASED MUSLIM IS PLACED BETWEEN THE IMAM AND THE QIBLA.
. FOR A MALE: THE IMAM STANDS OPPOSITE THE HEAD.
. FOR A FEMALE: THE IMAM STANDS OPPOSITE THE WAIST.
b- MAKE 1st TAKBEER, THEN RECITE SURATUL FATIHA
c- MAKE 2ND TAKBEER, THEN RECITE THE 2ND PART OF THE LAST TASHAHUD TO YOURSELF.
(ALLAHUMMA SALLI ‘ALAA MOHAMMED…….)
d- MAKE A 3RD TAKBEER, THEN RECITE A DUA’A FOR THE DECEASED TO YOURSELF.
. EXAMPLE: “ALLAHUMMAGH-FIR LAHU WARHAMHU WA ‘AAFIHI WA ‘AFA ANHUWAKRIM NUZOOLAHU WA WASSI’ MUDKHLAHU WAGHSILHU BIL MA ‘A WATH-THALJI WAL BARAD, WA NAQQEEHI MINAL KHATAAYAA KAMAA YUNAQQATH THAWBAL ABYADU MINAL DANAS, WABDILAHU DAARAN KHAYRAN MIN DAARIHI WA AHLAN KHAYRAN MIN AHLIHI WA ZAWJAN KHAYRAN MIN ZAWJIHI, WADKHILHUL JANNAH, WA QIHI FITNATAL QABRI WA ‘ADHAABAN NAAR.”
(O ALLAH, FORGIVE HIM AND HAVE MERCY ON HIM, GIVE HIM WELL-BEING AND ABSOLVE HIM, RECEIVE HIM WITH HONOUR AND MAKE HIS GRAVE SPACIOUS, WASH HIM WITH WATER, SNOW AND HAIL, CLEANSE HIM FROM HIS SINS AS A WHITE GARMENT IS CLEANSED FROM DIRT, REPLACE HIS DWELLING WITH A BETTER DWELLING, A FAMILY BETTER THAN HIS FAMILY, A SPOUSE BETTER THAN HIS SPOUSE, ENTER HIM INTO PARADISE, SAVE HIM FROM THE TRIALS OF THE GRAVE AND THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRE ) .
e- MAKE A 4TH TAKBEER THEN TASLEEM TO THE RIGHT.