Method of Funeral Salah

How many rows should there be in a funeral Ṣalāĥ?

It is better to have three afs (rows) in the funeral alāĥ as it is mentioned in a blessed adīš, ‘The one whose (funeral) alāĥ was offered by three afs, he will be forgiven.’ If there are only 7 people, one should become Imām, three should stand in the first af, two in the second af and one in the third af. (Ghunyaĥ, pp. 588) In the funeral alāĥ, the last af is most excellent than all other afs. (Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 131)

If one missed some part of the congregational funeral Ṣalāĥ, then…

The Masbūq (the person who has missed some of the Takbīrāt) will say his remaining Takbīrāt after the Imām has performed Salām on either side. If he suspects that the people would carry the bier up to the shoulders in case of reciting supplications etc., he should just utter Takbīrāt and leave out the supplications etc. If a person arrives after the fourth Takbīr, he may join the alāĥ (before the Imām performs Salām), utter Takbīr three times after Imām’s Salām and then perform Salām.

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 136)

Funeral of an insane person or the one who committed suicide

The one who is insane from birth or became insane before reaching the age of puberty and died in the state of insanity,

 

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