Janaazah prayer: for an adult: Dua

After the third takbeer of the funeral prayer.

Arabic

How to say it

al-laa-hum-magh-fir li-ḥay-yi-naa wa may-yi-ti-naa wa shaa-hi-di-naa wa ghaa-'i-bi-naa wa ṣa-ghee-ri-naa wa ka-bee-ri-naa wa dha-ka-ri-naa wa un-thaa-naa, al-laa-hum-ma man aḥ-yay-ta-hoo min-naa fa-aḥ-yi-hee 'a-lal is-laam, wa man ta-waf-fay-ta-hoo min-naa fa-ta-waf-fa-hoo 'a-lal ee-maan

Meaning

“O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those present and those absent, our young and our old, our men and our women. O Allah, whoever of us You keep alive, keep alive on Islam, and whoever of us You take, take with faith.”

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