To offer funeral prayer for a deceased Muslim is an obligation upon us, as proven from above mentioned hadith. It is an obligation of community i.e. ‘Fard-e-kifayah’, which means that it is necessary to perform the funeral prayer over every deceased Muslim, whether one person performs it or some people perform it or a large number of people perform it. If not done, all will be guilty of a serious sin for neglecting the obligation.
Sad to say, many Muslims do not even know the importance of offering funeral prayer; many do not even know how to perform it; lot of ignorance prevails. Let us take this discussion as an opportunity to get acquainted with significance, procedures and other do(s) /don’t(s) of the funeral prayer.
Reward for the deceased (for whom funeral prayer is offered)
Aishah (RA) narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said, “No one among the Muslims dies, and Salat is performed for him by a community of Muslims reaching one hundred, and they intercede (supplicate) for him, except that their intercession for him is accepted.” In his narration, Ali bin Hujr said, “One hundred or more than that.”
(Hadith No. 1029, Chapters on Janaiz, Jami’ At-Tirmidhi, Vol. 2; Hadith No. 2198 (947), Book of Funerals, Sahih Muslim, Vol. 2; Hadith No. 1994, Book of Funerals, Sunan An-Nasa’i, Vol. 3)
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