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62 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES THE PRESCRIBED DUTIES 63
offered in the attitude of Prostration. The need
may be any pressing necessity, religious or worldly.
v. $aliitu'l-Istikhara, the Prayer for Guidance. Two
Rak'ats are performed and then a petition for
guidance is offered.
vi. $aliit Raddi'q-l;>iilla, the Prayer for the return of a
Lost Object. When a Muslim has lost anything
it is recommended to him to pray two Rak'ats of
Namiiz and after which to pray: "0 God, the
Restorer of lost things, the guide of what is gone
astray, restore to us what we have lost, by Thy
power and might, for it was of Thy bounty and
gift."
vii.
$alatu't-Tawba, the Prayer of Repentance. Mu!;J.ammad
said: "If a man has committed a sin, let him
go and perform the Wuqu, then let him pray
and ask God for pardon: verily God will forgive
him. Let him also recite Sura 3 :129-130 and
perform a prayer of two Rak'ats."
viii. $aliitu't-Tasbi!;J., the Prayer of Praise. This is a
prayer of four Rak'ats, in each of which, after the
recitation of the Fiiti!;J.a and a passage from the
Qur'iin, is recited fifteen times: 'Praise be to God,.
and glory be to God, there is no god but God.'
ix. $aliitu't 'Aqabi't-Tahiirat, the Prayer after Wudu.
Mu!;J.ammad recommended his followers to say a
prayer of two Rak'ats after every W uqu.
x. Ta!;J.iyyatu'I-Masjid, the Prayer of the Salutation
of the Mosque. Mu!;J.ammad said: "When you
enter a mosque pray two Rak'ats of Namiiz."
xi. $aliitu'l-]aniiza, the Funeral Prayer. It is of the
Farq Kifaya class, i. e., the requirement for its
performance is satisfied when ten or more of
Muslims take it upon themselves to fulfil it as a
duty. It differs from all other Namiizes in that
it does not contain any Rak'at.
The following is the order of the service:
Some one present calls out,-"Here begins the prayer
for the dead." Then those present arrange themselves
in three, five, or seven rows opposite the corpse, with
their faces towards Qibla. The Imam stands in front of
the ranks opposite the head of the corpse, if it be that of
a male, or the waist, if it be that of a female.
The whole company having taken up the Qiyiim, or
standing position, the Imam recites the Niyat. "I purpose
to perform prayers to God for this dead person,
consisting of four Takbirs."
Then four Takbirs are recited in the following order:
i. Takbir, Alliih-o-Akbar, God is great, is recited by
raising the hands to the lobes of the ears. This
is followed by the recitation of the Subhiin
(p. 47. i. 1). .
ii. Takbir is followed by the recital of the Durud
(p. 50. vii. 3).
iii.
Takbir is followed by the recital of the· following
prayer: "0 God forgive our living and our dead
and those of us who are absent, and our children,
and our full grown persons, our men and our
women. 0 God whom Thou dost keep alive
amongst us, keep alive in Islam, and those whom
Thou causest to die, let them die in faith."
iv. Takbir is followed by the usual saluations of
Namaz.
It should be noted that the whole Namiiz is performed
in the position of QiYiim and at the recitation of each
Takbir hands are raised to the lobes of the ears.