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Any Prayer which becomes invalidated must be repeated
properly.
The Funeral Prayers ( Salatu-l-Janazah )
1
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The Prayer to God for the deceased Muslim is a com-
mon collective duty (Fard Kifayah). This means that some
Muslims should offer this Prayer, and when it is offered by
some of the Muslims present at the time it is sufficient, and
the other Muslims become exempt from responsibility.
2. When a Muslim dies, the whole body- beginning with
the exposed parts of ablution (wudu')- must be washed a few
times with soap or some other detergent or disinfectant, and
cleansed of all visible impurities. When the body is thor-
oughly clean, it is wrapped in one or more white cotton
sheets covering all the parts of the body.
3. The dead body is then placed on a bier or in a coffin
and carried to the place of Prayer, a mosque or any other
clean premises. The body is put in a position with the face
toward the direction of Mecca.
4. All participants in the Prayer must perform an ablu-
tion unless they are keeping an earlier one. The Imam stands
beside the body facing the Qiblah at Mecca with the follow-
ers behind him in lines.