The Book Of Prayer (Kitaab-ul-Salaat)

Prayer with their shoes on, or while standing atop their shoes. In the first instance, the shoes as
well as the ground must be clean – and in the second instance, the shoes must be clean.
The Funeral Prayer consists of two main Obligations:-
Offering it while standing
Proclaiming “ Allahu Akbar” 4 times.
The following three are Emphasised Sunnah (Muakkadah) in the Funeral Prayer:-
Glorifying Allah – by reciting “ Sanaa”
Offering salutations and greetings upon the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
him).
Praying for the deceased.
It is better to have three (or an odd number) of rows in the Funeral Prayer.
The Method of Funeral Prayer
At first make a proper intention (Niyah) and proclaiming “ Allahu Akbar” , fold the hands below
the navel, and recite the following “ Sanaa” :-
Subhaanakal-laahumma wa bihamdika wa tabaarakasmuka wa ta-alaa jadduka wa jalla sanaauka
wa laa Ilaaha gayruk..
"Purity is to You, O Allah! And I Praise You, Most Auspicious is Your name and Supreme is
Your majesty; and most high is Your glory, and there is no God except You."
Then proclaim “ Allahu Akbar” without raising the hands and recite the Salutation upon the
Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is better to recite the same one as in the
Qaadah of normal Prayer. Reciting any other Salutation is also permitted.
Then proclaim “ Allahu Akbar” without raising the hands and recite the following supplication:
If the deceased is an adult male or female
Allahummaghfir Le-hayyinaa wa mayyetenaa, wa shaahedenaa wa ghaaebenaa,
wa sagherenaa wa kabeerenaa, wa zakarenaa wa unsaanaa; Allahumma man
ahyaytahoo minnaa fa-ahyehi alal-islaame wa man tawaffaytuhoo minnaa
fatawaffahoo alal-imaan.
“ O our Allah! Forgive our living and our dead, and our present and our absent
ones, and our young and our old, and our males and our females; O our Allah –
those among us whom You keep alive, keep them alive upon Islam – and to those
among us whom You give death, cause them to die upon faith.”