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    MUSLIM PRAYERS REGARDING

    DEATH

    Life and death are two realities accepted in Islam. The Qur’an says: “Every soul
    shall taste of death” [Qur’an 3:185]

    Life and death are in the hands of God Almighty and Muslims believe death is a
    passage, which takes one from this world to the next world.

    Islam recommends that just before a person passes away, the dying person
    should be reminded of the Sovereignty and Mercy of the Lord. It is an
    appropriate time to seek forgiveness. It is traditional for the dying person or the
    people around the dying person to recite the following:

    There is no God except Allah the Generous and Patient


    There is no God except Allah the Almighty and All-Wise.
    Pure is that Allah Who is Creator of the seven heavens and the seven earths and
    all that is in them and between them;
    He is the Lord of all these things and the Arsh (Throne) and
    all praise is due to Allah Who is the Lords of all the worlds.

    Declare the shahadah (Testimony of faith)


    If the dying person is able to speak, then is advised to recite the shahadah, or
    the declaration of faith, “I bear witness that there is no god except Allah (God)
    and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (God.)”

    If a dying person is going through the pain of death and is unable to speak, the
    people around him should say these words. This method is called talqeen.

    If the dying person can recite, then he/she may pray as follows:
    O Allah! Forgive my sins which are many and accept my deeds which are very
    little.

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    Prayer on hearing the news of Death

    Indeed, we belong to Allah, and truly to Him shall we return”[ Qur’an


    2:156]

    Funeral Prayer

    Before burial, Muslims perform funeral prayer, known as Salatul


    Janazah, on the deceased. Muslims gather in a group to pray silently
    that Allah will have mercy on the deceased and grant the deceased a
    high place in the Gardens of Paradise.

    The prayer that is silently said during the Salatul Janazah is:

    “O God forgive our living ones and our deceased ones, and those of us
    who are present and those who are absent, and our young ones and old
    ones, and our males and our females. O God, those of us whom You
    grant life keep them firm on Islam, and those of us who die, cause them
    to die in the faith.”

    If the deceased is a child, the following prayer is silently said:

    “O Allah, make him/her a treasure for his parents, a forerunner, a


    cause of reward and an intercessor whose prayer is answered. O Allah,
    make this loss make their (the parents) scales heavy, and make their
    reward great, and make him/her be with the righteous believers.”

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    Prayers for the deceased
    “O Allah, forgive and have mercy upon him, excuse him and pardon him,
    and make honourable his
    reception. Expand his entry, and cleanse him with water, snow, and ice,
    and purify him of sin as a white robe is purified of filth. Exchange home for
    a better home, and his family for a better family, and his spouse for a
    better
    spouse. Admit him into the Garden, protect him from the punishment of the
    grave and the torment of the Fire.”

    “O Allah, …. [mention the name of the deceased who has passed away] is
    under Your care and protection so protect him from the trial of the grave
    and torment of the Fire. Indeed You are faithful and truthful. Forgive and
    have mercy upon him, surely You are The Oft-Forgiving, The Most-
    Merciful.”

    [obviously, if the deceased is a women, then the reference to “him” in the


    prayers will be replaced with “her”]

    Offering Condolences to the Family


    “O Allah! Forgive ………..[mention the name of the deceased who has passed
    away] , elevate his status among the guided people and look after the
    family that he left behind. O Lord of the universe! Forgive us and him,
    comfort him in his grave and lighten his stay (in the grave).”

    Imam Qari Asim, MBE


    Chair of Mosques & Imams National Advisory Board

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