Janaazah prayer: for a child: Dua

After the third takbeer, when the deceased is a child.

Arabic

How to say it

al-laa-hum-maj-'al-hu la-naa fa-ra-ṭaw waj-'al-hu la-naa aj-raw wa dhukh-raw waj-'al-hu la-naa shaa-fi-'aw wa mu-shaf-fa-'aa

Meaning

“O Allah, make him go before us to prepare for us, make him a reward and a treasure for us, and make him one who intercedes for us and whose intercession is accepted.”

For a girl say اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا لَنَا فَرَطًا وَّاجْعَلْهَا لَنَا أَجْرًا وَّذُخْرًا وَّاجْعَلْهَا لَنَا شَافِعَةً وَّمُشَفَّعَةً (…ij-'al-haa… shaa-fi-'a-taw wa mu-shaf-fa-'ah).

📚 Source: The wording taught in the Hanafi school; a similar dua from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri is in Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Funerals ⚑ Report a mistake

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