Issue No.562- Wuḍū, ghusl, tayammum and also ṭahārah of the body or clothes are not required for performing the prayer for the dead individual. However, the recommended precaution is to observe all the rules required for other prayers.
Issue No.563- While performing the prayer for the dead individual, one must face the qiblah. It is also an obligatory precaution that the dead body is lain on its back in a way that its head is on the right side of the one who performs prayer and its feet on his left.
Issue No.564- The place where one is offering prayer should not be higher or lower than where the dead body is placed. However, there is no harm if it is a little higher or lower. The person offering prayer should not be distant from the dead body. However, if people are offering prayer in congregation, there is no harm if they are distant from the dead body if the rows are connected to one another.
Issue No.565- The person performing the prayer should stand and there should be no curtain or wall between him and the dead body. However, there is no harm if the dead body is in a coffin or in any other similar thing.
Issue No.566- The prayer of the dead body should be offered standing, with the intention of proximity to Allah (swt) and one should specify the deceased in the intention, e.g., one should make his intention like so: "I am offering prayer on this dead body seeking Allah's proximity". However, if there is no one who is capable of offering the prayer for the dead individual while standing, it can be offered while sitting.
Issue No.567- If the deceased had made a will that a particular person should perform the prayer for him, it is obligatory to act accordingly, and it is not necessary, although it is a recommended precaution, to take permission from the legal guardian of the deceased.
Issue No.569- If a dead body is buried without offering prayer over it, either intentionally, forgetfully, or on account of an excuse, or if it transpires after its burial that the prayer performed for it was void, it is obligatory to perform prayer at the grave of the deceased observing all required rules.
Issue No.571- A person offering the prayer for the dead individual should recite the takbīrs and supplications consecutively, so that the prayer does not lose its form and, as an obligatory precaution, one should not talk to anyone while performing the prayer.
Issue No.572- It is recommended to perform the prayer for the dead individual in congregation, however if one offers it in congregation, he should recite all the takbīrs and supplications himself, and as was mentioned before, the detailed supplications mentioned above are recommended. However, in case someone does not know them by heart, he may recite them from a book.
Issue No.573- It is recommended that a person who offers the prayer for the dead individual, performs ghusl, wuḍū or tayammum. And, as a recommended precaution, one can only perform tayammum when it is not possible for him to do ghusl or wuḍū, or he fears that if he goes for ghusl or wuḍū he will miss the prayer. In addition to this, it is recommended to observe the following points in the prayer for the dead individual seeking the reward of almighty Allah (swt):1- If the deceased is a male, the imam or a person who is offering the prayer alone should stand before the middle part of the dead body and if the deceased is female, he should stand before the chest of the dead body.2- To pray barefooted.3- To raise one’s hands (up to the ears) while pronouncing every takbīr.4- The distance between the person performing prayer and the dead body should be so short in a way that, when the wind blows, his clothes would reach the body. 5- In congregational prayer, the imam should recite the takbīrs and the supplications loudly and others participating in the prayer should recite them in a low voice.6- The prayer-performer should persistently pray for the dead body as well as for all the believers.7- Saying the word “al-ṣalāh” three times before prayer.8- The prayer to be at a place where more people would go for the prayer for the dead individual.9- It is better not to perform the prayer for the dead individual in mosques, except in Masjid Al-haram.10- If a ḥā’iḍ (woman in her menses) participates in the congregational prayer, she should stand alone and not join the lines.
Issue No.575- If it is not possible to bury a dead body in the ground, it may be kept in a sealed building or sealed coffin.
Issue No.576- The dead body should be laid in the grave on its right side so that the face is towards the qiblah.
