5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

other, and then makes the salâm without reciting anything. He
who misses the fourth tekbîr has missed the salât.
If there are several corpses at the same time, it is very good
to perform salât for each of them separately. It is permissible as
well to perform one salât for all of them. For doing this, the
corpses must be arranged in such an order that each corpse
will be put on the left hand side and its head will be in line with
the feet of the other. The imâm performs the salât standing
opposite the one with the highest rank. Thus some of the
corpses are to the right of the imâm and others are to his left.
Or, all the corpses being arranged side by side in front of the
imâm, the imâm stands opposite the chests of all of them.
Men’s corpses have precedence and are placed first, then
come boys’, women’s, girls’ corpses, respectively. [While
making the niyya (intention) for them, it is not necessary to say
that they are men or women].
The salât of janâza is conducted by the head of the State. In
his absence it is conducted by the head of the government; next
comes the governor, and then come, respectively, the judge,
the governor of the town, the vice-governor of the town, the
assistant judge, and the imâm of the quarter. If the walî
(guardian) of the dead person is sâlih (pious, devoted Muslim),
the walî conducts the salât in the absence of the imâm. Only a
man can be a walî; a woman cannot be the walî, nor can a
child. A walî is one of one’s close relatives of consanguinity.
The husband cannot be (the wife’s) walî. But if there is no walî
present, the husband can conduct the salât of janâza (for his
wife). Those who have the right to give the young child in
marriage are his (or her) walî. The father takes precedence over
the son in being a person’s walî, that is, owner, guardian. If a
dead person has no sons, brothers, paternal or maternal
uncles, or a husband, one of the neighbors conducts the salât.
The walîs can appoint any non-relative their deputy (to conduct
the salât). Someone else, even if he is the person willed by the
dead person, can conduct the salât with the walî’s permission. If
such a person conducts it without permission, the walî may
repeat the salât.
If the corpse has been interred and covered with earth
without the salât having been performed or after the salât has
been performed without the corpse having been washed, the
salât must be performed on the grave unless it is strongly
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