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203 203 203 203 203 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION 5. 4 5. 4 5. 4 5. 4 5. 4 5. 4 S S S S S ALA ALA ALA ALA ALAT T T T T — O — O — O — O — O THER THER THER THER THER P P P P P RA RA RA RA RAYERS YERS YERS YERS YERS R R R R R ELA ELA ELA ELA ELATED TED TED TED TED T O T O T O T O T O S S S S S ALA ALA ALA ALA ALAT T T T T When a Muslim dies, other Muslims have to do the following: ♦ Wash the body of the deceased. ♦ Wrap the body in two unsewn cloths from head to foot. ♦ The funeral prayer is performed in congregation led by an Imam. The wrapped body is laid in front of the Imam for the Prayer, and the rows behind the Imam should be in odd numbers. ♦ The Imam begins the Prayer by loudly saying Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Great- est). Then after Thanaa and At-ta`awwaz , the Imam and the followers recite Surah Al-Fatihah in silence. The Imam again loudly says Allahu Akbar , and he and the followers recite Salat alan-Nabi (see 5. 3) silently. The Imam then, for the third time, says Allahu Akbar loudly and the following prayer is recited silently: Funeral Prayer Allahummagh-fir li-hayyinaa wa mayyitinaa wa shaahidinaa wa ghaa’ibinaa wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa wa dhakarinaa wa unthaanaa. Allahumma man ahyaitahoo minnaa fa-ahyihee ‘alal-islaami wa man tawaffaitahoo minnaa fa-tawaffahoo ‘alal-eemaan. Allahumma laa tahrimnaa ajrahoo wa laa taftinnaa ba‘dah. O Allah! forgive our living ones and our deceased ones; and those of us who are present and those of us who are absent; and our young ones and our old ones; and our males and our females. O Allah!, those of us whom You grant life, keep them firm on Is- lam; and those of us whom You cause to die, cause them to die in the faith. Deprive us not, O Allah, of the benefits relating to him (the deceased) and subject us not to trials after him.