THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS DUA FOR:
 WHEN GOING WITH COFFIN (Janaza)

RECITION BY 40 MOMINS

FUNERAL PROCESSION

TALQEEN (for the deceased man and woman)

VISITING THE GRAVEYARD

“Verily, we are all from Allah, and to Him is our return.” Holy Quran

DUA' TO BE RECITED WHEN GOING WITH COFFIN (Janaza)

ALLAAHU AKBAR HAAD'AA MAA WA-A'DANALLAAHOO WA RASOOLUHOO WA S'ADAQQAL-LAAHOO WA RASOOLUH. ALLAAHUMMAZID'NAA EEMAANAN WA TASLEEMAA. ALH'AMDU LILLAAHIL LAD'EE TA-A'ZZAD'A BIL- QUDRATI WA QAHARAL I'BAADA BIL-WAWT.

God is great! This is what had been promised to us b God and His Prophet and Allah and His Prophet are true. O Allah elevate us in faith, obedience and piety. All praise is for God Who dominates on account of His Might and Who has subdued mankind with death.

DUA' TO BE RECITED BY 40 MOMINS AT DEAD BODY OF A MOMIN

ALLAAHUMMA LAA NAA'-LAMU MINHU/MINHAA (for female) ILLAA. KHAYRAN WA ANTA AA'-LAMU BIHEE/ BIHAA (for female) MINNAA.

O Allah! We are only aware of the good deeds of this dead body but You know much more about him/her than us.

FUNERAL PROCESSION DUA

At the time of taking a body, the persons, who accompany funeral procession, should recite the following Dua’:

GHAFARALLAAHU LAKUM LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAAHU H'AQQUN MUH'AMMADUN RASOOLULLAAHI A'LIYYUN AMEERUL MOO-MINEENA WALIYULLAAHI FATIMATUZ ZAHRAA-U S'AFWATULLAAH ALH'ASANU WALH'USAYNU SIBT'AA RASOOLILLAAHI WAL A-IMMATUT'T'AHIREENA HUJAJULLAAH. HAAD'AA MAA WA-A'DANAALLAAHU WA WA-A'DA RASOOLUHOO WA S'ADAQALLAAHU WA S'ADAQA RASOOLUHOO WA BALLAGHAL MURSALOON.

May Allah pardon you. There is no deity but Allah, the Righteous, Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah; Ali, the Commander of the faithful is the friend of Allah, Fatima Zahra is the chosen one of Allah; Hassan and Husayn are the grandsons of the Messenger of Allah; and pure Imams are the indisputable proofs of Allah, this is what Allah has promised and (also) promised by the Prophet of Allah. This is what is verified by Allah and by His Prophet and the Prophets have delivered the same.

TALQEEN

If the deceased is male:
Listen and understand, listen and understand, listen and understand, O (name of the deceased), son of (name of the deceased father). Are you on the same covenant on which you were when you parted from us?

That there is no God but Allah Who is only One and who has no partner, And that indeed Mohammed, is the abed (slave) and the messenger of Allah and is the chief of all the prophets and is the last of them. And that Ali is the commander of all the believers and the leaders of all the successors and he is such an Imam whose obedience has been made obligatory on the whole world. And that Hassan and Husayn and Ali son of Husayn, and Muhammad son of Ali and Ja'far son of Muhammad, and Musa son of Ja'far, and Ali son of Musa, and Muhammad son of Ali, and Ali son of Mohammed, and Hassan son of Ali, and Mohammed, the awaited one, son of Hassan-may the peace of Allah be on them all - are the Imams of all the believers and are the authorities on the whole world, and all these Imams are the rightly guiding and the pious?

O (name of the deceased), son of (name of the deceased father), when the two angels favored by Allah and appointed by Him approach you, and ask about your God and your Prophet, your Qibla and your Imams, do not be afraid or grieved of worried, but say in reply: "Allah, the glorious and dignified, is my Rabb, Muhammad peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny, is my Prophet, Islam is my religion, the Quran is my book, Ka'ba is my Qibla, Amir Mu'mineen Ali ibn Abu Talib is my Imam, Hassan Mujtaba is my Imam, Husayn, the martyr of Karbala is my Imam, Ali Zaynul Abideen is my Imam, Mohammed Baqir is my Imam, Ja'far Sadiq is my Imam, Musa al-Kathim is my Imam, Ali Reza is my Imam, Muhammad Jawad is my Imam, Ali Hadi is my Imam, Hassan Askari is my Imam and Hujjatul Muntadhar is my Imam.

All these great persons, may Allah's peace be upon them, are my Imams, my leaders, my chiefs, and my intercessors and I keep friends with them and have hatred for their enemies in this world as well as in the world to come."

Understand, (name of the deceased), son of (name of the deceased father) that Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, is the best Rabb, that Muhammad is the best Prophet, and that the commander of the believers, Ali son of Abu Talib and his offspring, the twelve Imams are the best of Imams. And that the message Muhammad brought from Allah is true,

And death is true, the questioning in the grave by Munkar and Nakir is true, the resurrection of the dead is true, the appearance before Allah is true, the Siraat is true, the balance is true, the disclosure of the book of one's deeds on the Day of Qiyama is true, Janna is true, Jahannam is true and that there is no doubt about the coming of the inevitable hour of reckoning, and that Allah will raise the dead from their graves.

Do you understand, O (name of the deceased), son of (name of the deceased father), may Allah keep you safe and guide you to the right path. May Allah through His mercy acquaint you with your Awliyaa at the abode of His rahma. O Allah! Make the earth spacious for him on both sides and elevate his soul to Yourself. O Allah! Forgive us, forgive us.

If the deceased is female:

Listen and understand, listen and understand, listen and understand, O (name of the deceased), daughter of (name of the deceased father). Are you on the same covenant on which you were when you parted from us?

That there is no God but Allah Who is only One and who has no partner. And that indeed Mohammed, is the abed (slave) and the messenger of Allah and is the chief of all the prophets and is the last of them.  And that Ali is the commander of all the believers and the leaders of all the successors and he is such an Imam whose obedience has been made obligatory on the whole world.  And that Hassan and Husayn and Ali son of Husayn, and Muhammad son of Ali and Ja'far son of Muhammad, and Musa son of Ja'far, and Ali son of Musa, and Muhammad son of Ali, and Ali son of Mohammed, and Hassan son of Ali, and Mohammed, the awaited one, son of Hassan-may the peace of Allah be on them all - are the Imams of all the believers and are the authorities on the whole world, and all these Imams are the rightly guiding and the pious?

O (name of the deceased), daughter of (name of the deceased father), when the two angels favored by Allah and appointed by Him approach you, and ask about your God and your Prophet, your Qibla and your Imams, do not be afraid or grieved of worried, but say in reply: "Allah, the glorious and dignified, is my Rabb, Muhammad peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny, is my Prophet, Islam is my religion, the Quran is my book, Ka’ba is my Qibla, Amir  al-Mu'mineen Ali ibn Abu Talib is my Imam, Hassan Mujtaba is my Imam, Husayn, the martyr of Karbala is my Imam, Ali Zaynul Abideen is my Imam, Mohammed Baqir is my Imam, Ja'far Sadiq is my Imam, Musa al-Kathim is my Imam, Ali Reza is my Imam, Muhammad Jawad is my Imam, Ali Hadi is my Imam, Hassan Askari is my Imam and Hujjatul Muntadhar is my Imam. All these great persons, may Allah's peace be upon them, are my Imams, my leaders, my chiefs, and my intercessors and I keep friends with them and have hatred for their enemies in this world as well as in the world to come."

Understand, (name of the deceased), daughter of (name of the deceased father) that Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, is the best Rabb, that Muhammad is the best Prophet, and that the commander of the believers, Ali son of Abu Talib and his offspring, the twelve Imams are the best of Imams. And that the message Muhammad brought from Allah is true, And death is true, the questioning in the grave by Munkar and Nakir is true, the resurrection of the dead is true, the appearance before Allah is true, the Siraat is true, the balance is true, the disclosure of the book of one's deeds on the day of Qiyama is true, Janna is true, Jahannam is true and that there is no doubt about the coming of the inevitable hour of reckoning, and that Allah will raise the dead from their graves.

Do you understand, O (name of the deceased), daughter of (name of the deceased father), may Allah keep you safe and guide you to the right path. May Allah through His mercy acquaint you with your Awliyaa at the abode of His rahma. O Allah! Make the earth spacious for her on both sides and elevate her soul to Yourself. O Allah! Forgive us, forgive us.

VISITING THE GRAVEYARD

"It is one o f the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim that he should visit his grave."
Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as)

Upon seeing the graves, one must greet them (with salam). Wherever possible face Qibla, and recite Sura al-Fatiha for all the marhumeen.

On the grave you are visiting recite:

1. Sura al-Fatiha three times

2. Sura al-Qadr three times

3. Ayat al-Kursi three times

4. Sura al-Falaq three times

5. Sura al-Nas three times

6. Sura al-Casein

7. Any dua asking Allah's forgiveness for the marhum/a

Respect the sanctity of the grave yard. The prophet (pbuh&hf) has said, "If I have to walk over burning desert or fire or to place my foot on the edge of a sharp sword, I would prefer it to trampling on the grave of a Muslim."

He also said to Imam Ali (as),"Ya Ali! Allah considers a few things undesirable for my followers. One of them is laughing in a graveyard….."