Janazah Prayer

The Shafii Method Of Performing Salaatul Janazah

Make sure that you meet all the requirements for a formal prayer.

As in the standard prayers, the recitations are in Arabic.

Four Takbeers must be recited in the Janazah Salaah. In these Takbeers, both the hands should be lifted up to the shoulders, then the right hand is folded over the left hand as in the standard prayers.

JANAZAH SALAAT- FLASH

It is Fard-e-Kifaayah to perform the Salaatul Janazah. It is preferable for the lines of Salaatul Janazah to be in odd numbers, in other words 3,5,7 etc. The method of performing the Salaatul Janazah is as follows:-

STEP 1: The Imaam must stand facing the deceased & at the same time facing Qibla. If it is a male, then the Imaam stands in line with the chest - for a female, in line with the waist.

Make the Niyah as follows :

For male deceased

For female deceased

STEP 2: After the first Takbeer recite Surah Fateha

Al hamdu lil-lahi Rabbil `alameen. ar-Rahman ir-Raheem Maaliki Yaumid-deen. Iyyaka na'budu wa Iyyaka nasta'een .Ihdinas Siraatal Mustaqeem. Siraatal ladhina an`amta `alaihim ghairil maghdubi `alaihim walad-daalleen.

STEP 3: After the second Takbir, send salawat upon the Prophet (s.a.w). The best and most appropriate salawat is the one recited in prayers, namely, salawat-i-Ibrahimiyya:

Allahuma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa alaa aale Sayyidina Muhammadin kama salayta alaa Sayyidina Ibrahima wa ala aale Sayyidina Ibrahima wa barik ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala aale Sayyidina Muhammadin kama barakta ala Sayyidina Ibrahima wa ala aale Sayyidina Ibrahima Innaka hameedum-Majeed.

STEP 4: After the third Takbir, read the following D'uas

Complete Doa

Minimum doa for male deceased:

Allahummaghfir lahu warhamhu wa `afihi wa 'afu `anhu

Minimum doa for female deceased:

Allahummaghfir laha warhamha wa `afiha wa 'afu `anha

STEP 5: After the fourth Takbir recite the following

Allahuma la tahrimna ajrahu wa la taftinna ba'dahu waghfir lana wa lahu warhamna ma`hu bi rahmatika Yaa Arhamar Raahimeen.

"O Allah! Do not deprive us of his reward and after him, do not put us in fitna and pardon us and him and with him have Mercy upon us through your Mercy, O Most Merciful"

Ash-Shafi'i said: "After the fourth takbir one may say:

Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu wa la taftinna ba'dahu.

'O Allah! Do not deprive us of reward for (supplicating for) him/her, nor put us to trial after him (or her)'."

STEP 6: After reciting this D'ua, make the two Salaams.

This will terminate the Salaat al-Janazah.

JANAZAH SALAAT- FLASH

Note: If the deceased is a female, then in place of "Hu" one must read "Ha" eg, "ighfir lahu" becomes "ighfir laha" and the suffix "ka" denoting possession will become "ki" eg, "Dinika" will become "Diniki"