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Ṣalāt al-Janāzah (Arabic: صلاة الجنازة) is the name of the special prayer that accompanies an Islamic funeral.It is performed in congregation to seek pardon for the deceased and all dead Muslims, [1] and is a collective obligation (farḍ al-kifāya) upon all able-bodied Muslims; if some Muslims take the responsibility of conducting the prayer, then the obligation is fulfilled ...
In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial of the body as soon as possible. The deceased is first bathed and shrouded with simple white cloth. Then a funeral prayer, Salat al-jinazah, is recited. Cremation of the body is strictly forbidden in Islam and the body is buried without a casket and the head faces Mecca ...
Absentee funeral prayer in Islam, known as Salat al-Gha'ib (Arabic: صلاة الغائب), is a kind of funeral prayer performed upon a dead Muslim if they die in a place where there are no Muslims to pray for the dead. By contrast, if someone dies and a funeral prayer is said on his or her behalf, no other prayer is necessary. [1] [2]
On 3 June 1989, at 22:20 IRST, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Iranian Revolution and the first Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, died in Jamaran, Greater Tehran aged 89 after spending eleven days at a private hospital, near his residency, after suffering five heart attacks in ten days.
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Most of the reciting of the Quran that occurs during Islamic prayer is done while in qiyām.The first chapter of the Quran, Al-Fatiha, is recited while standing. [1] [2] Sahih Muslim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that Muhammad said, « مَنْ صَلَى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ثَلَاثًا ...
A musalla (Arabic: مصلى, romanized: muṣallā) is a space apart from a mosque, mainly used for prayer in Islam². [1] The word is derived from the verb صلى (ṣallā), meaning "to pray". It is traditionally used for twice-yearly Eid prayers (ʿĪd al-Fiṭr and ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā) and for funeral prayers as per the Sunnah [2]. [3]
In the book of Prayers and Dhikrs by Mahmud Sami Ramazanoglu, the nafilah prayer is to be performed on Laylat al-Raghaib as follows: On the Thursday before Laylat al-Raghaib, twelve rak'ats of supererogatory prayers will be performed to fast, break a few bites of iftar in the evening, and say the evening prayer, then salute every two rak'ahs.