Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 262
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 262 It is not permissible. Those who cannot attend the Funeral Prayer, may supplicate in their own accord, or offer the Funeral Prayer in absentia. 1 26 April 1907 A Matter of Jurisprudence During Maghrib Prayer, due to the large congregation, the voice of the Imam could not reach the people standing in the last few rows. Therefore, a person [the mukabbir ] in the middle rows, as per the cus- tom, repeated the takb ir calls of the Imam in a loud voice. During the last rak‘at of the Prayer, when the congregation was sitting [in Qa‘dah ] and had finished reciting the at-Ta h iyy a t [prayer] and the Dur u d Shar i f [invocation of blessings upon the Holy Prophet s as ], and prior to the Imam saying sal a m at the end of the Prayer, the mukabbir made a mistake and called out the end sal a m. The congregation standing in the back rows followed the mukabbir in saying the end sal a m and some even began offering their Sunnah Prayer. Thereafter, the Imam called out the end sal a m , and the mukab- bir , who had realised his mistake, also called out the end sal a m again. At this point, the congregation who had finished their Prayer before- hand inquired whether their Prayer was complete or whether they should offer their Prayer again. Sahibz a dah Mirza Mahmud Ahmad who himself was praying in the last few rows and had recited the end sal a m before the Imam, said: This issue had already been presented to the Promised Messiah as and His Holiness had said: ‘If it so happens in the last rak‘at of the Prayer, and they have finished reciting at-Ta h iyy a t, then the Prayer of the congregation is complete. There is no need to offer the Prayer again. ’ 1. Badr , vol. 6, no. 19, p. 5, dated 9 May 1907