62: The funeral prayer consists of four takbeers.

Four Takbeers are to be said for the Janaazah Prayer. This is the saying of Maalik ibn Anas, Sufyaan ath-Thawri, al-Hasan ibn Saalih, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the scholars and it was the saying of the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam). [1]

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NOTES

[1] Al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 2/233/no.417) and Muslim (Eng. trans. 2/453/no.2084). Both report that he (saw) said four takbeers over an-Najaashee. Refer to Ahkaamul-Janaa’iz of Shaikh al_Albaanee (p.11) and the book ‘Death’ by Alee Hasan Abdul-Hameed may be referred to for funeral regulations.

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