For Those Left Behind
Ep. 1: The Janazah Prayer | For Those Left Behind
What are the spiritual dimensions and rulings pertaining to the Janazah prayer? How do we pray it, and why do we recite what we do? Does it matter how many people attend the Janazah?
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
0:44 What is the Janazah prayer?
1:06 How to pray Salatul Janazah
How to pray Salatul Janazah:
1. Read 4 takbeerat
2. After the first takbeer, recite Surah Al-Fatiha
3. After the second takbeer, recite Salawat on the Prophet (pbuh) the way that you would do in salah (Salatul Ibrahimiya)
4. After the third takbeer, recite du'a for the deceased
5. After the fourth takbeer, make du'a for yourself, the ummah and the deceased
6. Make tasleem, either one or two, depending on the school of thought or the imam leading the prayer
Du'a to recite during Janazah prayer:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الإِيمَانِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلاَ تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
Oh Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those who are present and those who are absent, our young and our old, our males and our females. O Allah, whomever of us You cause to live, let him live in Islam, and whomever of us You cause to die, let him die in (a state of) faith. Oh Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not let us go astray after him.
2:53 What is the purpose of the special format of Janazah prayer?
4:06 Janazah as a communal obligation & right of every Muslim
7:57 Reward of praying Janazah
8:27 Does it matter how many people attend Janazah?
