Salat al-Janazah (Funeral Prayer)

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JenGiove

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Salaam to my Brothers and Sisters,

Recently, this family has experienced losses of a heart-wrenching magnitude. Death is never easy, and it can be even more complicated when we are separated from those we love. Our world may be getting smaller due to the world wide web, but there are times, such as during grief, when the world is just too big.

Each society in this world has their own customs and traditions surrounding death. Each, meaningful and important to that person and the societal group that they belong to and religious belief that they ascribe to. While we may be separated by these traditions, we all have one very important thing in common. We all die. Besides birth, death is the only other thing that binds us all into a family of humanity.

Some customs are more known than others. Some are less understood. Some are hidden from view and protected. Because of the recent events here in this family, and my own need to want to provide comfort but also to not unwittingly cause more hurt by making a tradition error, I searched for information.

I did not find out what I wanted, but I found out something I never knew. I share that information to you now. I showed this information first to Moderator Al-Kashmiri to examine for authenticity and he has approved this posting. I hope that it provides both valuable information and comfort.

The following quote is an excerpt from the website missionislam.com entitled:

"Authentic Step by Step Illustrated Janazah Guide"
compiled by Mohamed Ebrahim Siala

The message of Islam covers all aspects of life, commanding all things that will benefit a person in this life and the hereafter.


This includes caring for this person when he dies by making dua’ for him, washing and shrouding his body, performing Salatul Janazah for him ( Where people pray and ask Allah to forgive him and have mercy on him ), then putting him in the grave.


The caring extends to his family too, by comforting his relatives, sharing with them their sorrow, and offering them condolences, sympathy and support.


Hoping to fill the need for a simplified Janazah guide to all Muslims, I have followed the method described in the authentic Hadiths, explanatory step by step notes and several illustrated drawings.


I have also included an introduction on importance of following the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.), and an explanation of scholars’ ruling on issues which should be known by every Muslim.
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http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/janazahstepbystep.htm

I have just completed creating a PDF file that I've now attached in the event that anyone prefers to store the information on their computers.
 
a_stranger

a_stranger

Junior Member
Peace for all

3:185 (Picktall) Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed from the Fire and is made to enter Paradise, he indeed is triumphant. The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.

Translation of the meanings of Quran
 
a_stranger

a_stranger

Junior Member
THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL OF THE MOMIN

THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL OF THE MOMIN

This description is from a Hadith related by Abu Huraira (RA)
The angels of death arrive with a coffin for the soul of the Momin, perfumed with the fragrance of Jannah. The soul of the Momin is wrapped in the perfumed silk coffin and the angels ascend with it towards Allah SWT traversing the seven heavens.
At each Level of Heaven the door is opened with a welcome, and the angel guards ask “ who is this pure (paak) soul that lived in a pure (paak) body? (The importance of remaining in taharah at all times is thus extremely important) until it reaches Allah SWT. (I am not sure what happens there)
The spirit is then returned to earth to remain with the body and it asks to be buried quickly (thus the muslim injunction to bury the body as quickly as you can)
In the grave, the soul is returned to the body and the Munkar Nakeer begin their interrogation.
Who is your Rab? The Momin says Rabi Allah
What is your deen? The Momin says Deen e Islam
Who is your Nabi? The Momin gives shahada of Prophet Muhammad as Allah’s Rasool
When the same questions are asked fron the Kafir and the Munafiq he or she says:
“I don’t know” or “I said what ever other people said”
The momin is then put to sleep gently and with respect and told that he or she will wake up on the Day of Judgment.
As for the disobedient and those who deny Tawheed of Allah:
Surah al Annam Allah SWT warns:
006.093 
 Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah, or saith, “I have received inspiration,” when he hath received none, or (again) who saith, “I can reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed”? If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! – the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),”Yield up your souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against Allah, and scornfully to reject of His signs!” (Translation by Yusuf Ali)
Barzakh is an Arabic word derived from the Persian word” Pardah”: The hijab between the world and the Day of Judgement

In summary: These ayahs underline the following:
1. Allah is Al Qahir, Al Haqq ,Al Hakim & Al Hasib, four powerful attributes of Allah in these ayahs!
2. We are assigned a fixed time in this dunya
3. We are accountable for our voluntary actions in this dunya: based on our declaration and implementation of Tawheed in ourselves and our behavior accordingly with our fellow human beings.
4. Sleep is a minor death, and is used as an example of death and resurrection on the Day of Judgment.
5. What happens at death and immediately after is alluded in these ayahs and explained in more detail by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
6. We have a team of angels protecting us in life and caretaking us in death exactly as per orders of Allah no less and no more.
The lessons from these ayahs are self-evident and are an incentive to prepare us.


http://asqfish.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/the-muslims-concept-of-events-at-death/
 
a_stranger

a_stranger

Junior Member
It is also reported :

When the soul of a believer who is righteous and innocent is removed, it comes out of the body like a drop of water sliding off the tip of the spout of a jug. However the soul of a disobedient person fights back and refuses to leave the body. His soul is removed forcibly and comes out torn and fragmented like a piece of cloth being pulled off a thorny bush.
It is also reported that when the soul of the innocent leaves the body voluntarily when called by the angels of death, the eyes of the dying watch it leave. (I remember being perplexed at the peaceful look in Tariq’s eyes in death: as if he was watching something going far away that he liked, his face in repose…at peace)

If the person is a Kafir or Munafiq then the angels of death look frightening to him and the dying person is terrified at the time of death.
 
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