Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (95)

1—He stands and pronounces the takbīr1, then recites al-Fātihah.

2—He then pronounces the takbīr and invokes blessings upon the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him.

3—He then pronounces the takbīr and supplicates for the deceased, saying:

“O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our young and our old2, those of us who are present and those who are absent, and our males and our females. O Allah, whoever among us You keep alive, keep him alive upon Islam; and whoever among us You cause to die, cause him to die upon faith3.

“O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him; grant him well-being and pardon him; honor his reception and make his entrance spacious; wash him with water, snow, and hail; and cleanse him of sins as a white garment is cleansed of filth. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, do not put us to trial after him, and forgive us and him.” 4.

If the deceased is a child, after the general supplication he says: “O Allah, make him

(1) B and T read: “that he pronounce the takbīr.” (2) In B and T, the phrase “our young and our old” is placed later, after “our females.” (3) Recorded by Ahmad (2/368), Abū Dāwūd (3201), al-Tirmidhī (1024), Ibn Mājah (1498), Ibn Hibbān (*Mawārid*, 757), and al-Hākim (1/358), who said: “This hadith is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, though neither of them recorded it.” (4) Recorded by Muslim (963). The words “O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward…” are an excerpt from the conclusion of the preceding hadith.

١- أن يقوم فيكبر١ فيقرأ الفاتحة. ٢- ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ وَيُصَلِّيَ عَلَى اَلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ. ٣- ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ وَيَدْعُوَ لِلْمَيِّتِ فَيَقُولَ: اَللَّهُمَّ اِغْفِرْ لحيِّنا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا٢، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وذَكَِرنا وَأُنْثَانَا، اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى اَلْإِسْلَامِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ فتوفَّه عَلَى اَلْإِيمَانِ٣. اَللَّهُمَّ اِغْفِرْ لَهُ، وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ، وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، ونَقِّهِ مِنْ اَلذُّنُوبِ كَمَا يُنَقَّى اَلثَّوْبُ اَلْأَبْيَضُ مِنْ اَلدَّنَسِ، اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ. ٤. وَإِنْ كَانَ صَغِيرًا قَالَ بَعْدَ اَلدُّعَاءِ اَلْعَامِّ: اللهم اجعله

١ في "ب، ط": "أن يكبر". ٢ في " ب، ط" جعلت هذه متأخرة بعد قوله: "أنثانا". ٣ أخرجه أحمد "٣٦٨/٢"، وأبو داود "٣٢٠١"، والترمذي "١٠٢٤"، وابن ماجه "١٤٩٨"، وابن حبان "موارد ٧٥٧"، والحاكم "٣٥٨/١"، وقال: هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه. ٤ أخرجه مسلم "٩٦٣"، وقوله: "اللهم لا تحرمنا أجره ... " قطعة في ختام الحديث الذي قبله.