Solat Jenazah

-sirr (silent) not jahar, even if it is performed at night. Note: It is not the practice to bury the dead at night unless if a deceased body of more than 3 days is found.

- definition:
janazah- deceased in the coffin
jinazah - the coffin itself

7 Arkan

1) Niyyah
- must intend "fardhu".
- the following is acceptable:

• I intend to pray upon this deceased
• I intend to pray upon fulan bin fulan
• I intend to pray upon whoever the Imam is praying upon ( most general niyyah)
• Imam al-ghazali advocates: I intend to pray upon whoever passed away today who is sah for me to do so. Note: As a knowledge seeker, you can practice this but you cannot give fatwa for this.

What is meant by whoever is sah for me to pray upon?
Whoever who passed away in our lifetime. It is haram to pray upon whoever who passed away before we are borned because doing something that is not sah is forbidden (haram).

- mu'tamad is to perform this prayer once for a particular person. Performing more than once is allowed but there is no daleel, hence it is better not to perform this more than once.

2) At least 4 takbir
- allowed to do more than four
- no daleel that it is sunnah but it is allowed
- Sayyidina Hussen performed this prayer over Sayyidina Hassa with 7 takbirs
- first takbir is the takbiratulihram

3) Qiyam ( Standing)

4) Fatihah
- afdhol after the first takbir
- anytime after the first takbir

5) Selawat upon the prophet(s)
- afdhol after the 2nd takbir
- anytime after the 2nd takbir ( but not before it, can but does not count as rukun)
- most afdhol: Selawat Ibrahimiyah
- sunnah to begin with hamdallah
- sunnah to add salam
- some scholars say no need because not related in selawat ibrahimiyah

6) Do'a
- afdhol after the third takbir
- anytime after the third takbir ( but not before it, can but does not count as rukun)
- in arabic
- minimum : allahumaghfirlahu warhamhu wa'afihi wa'fu 'an hu
- male deceased: hu female: ha
- if mixed up male ha female hu, then it is sah. it is ta'wil that ha is meant for the nafs ( self of the deceased) hu meant for the ruh of the deceased.
- longer do'a :

7) Salam
- after the fourth takbir
- Sunnah of saying wabarakatuh : Imam Ibnu Hajar say yes, Imam Ramli say no. But mu'tamad is to say it softly ( softer than assalamu'alaykum)
- after the fourth takbir it is also sunnah to do'a that is as long as the do'a in the third takbir and end with ------------- followed by selawat upon the prophet.

The Imam of the Solat Jenazah
-Afdhol for member of family to become the Imam

• more affectionate