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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. Mourning for the deceased is observed for three days except for the widow who mourns for 4 months and 10 days. [1] [2] [3]
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 ...
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]
2 Rak'ats Sunnat for Maghrib. (The sunnat for maghrib should be offered after Maghrib prayers.) 2 Rak'ats Sunnat for Isha. (The sunnat for Isha is 2 rakat after Isha and followed by 3 rakat of Witr.) However, there is no Sunnat for Asr; Nafil Salaah; Salaat al-Layl; Salat of Ja’far e Tayyar - The best time to perform it is on Friday before ...
Examples of Sunnah mu’akkadah include "Eid prayer, or the two rakat after the maghrib prayer". [6] Ghair mu’akkadah or "non-confirmed sunnah" prayers. These the Islamic prophet Muhammad was not as fastidious in performing as he sometimes performed them "and sometimes abandoned" them. An example of ghair mu’akkadah is two rakat before the ...
[1] Before leaving for Mecca, Muhammad stayed at the Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah and taught the Muslims the manner of wearing Ihram. He first performed ghusl, before putting on his ihram, which is said to have consisted of two pieces of Yemeni unsewed white cotton. Muhammad then performed the Zuhr prayer at the miqat before leaving on a camel named ...
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 ...
Salat al-Istikhaara (Arabic: صلاة الاستخارة), which translates as Prayer of Seeking Counsel, is a prayer recited by Muslims who seek guidance from God when facing a decision in their life. The prayer, known as salah in Arabic, is performed in two units of prayer or raka'ah followed by the supplication of Salat al-Istikhaara.