Most of us don't know what to say during Salatul Janaaza (Muslim Burial Prayer):
Here is how to pray or perform Salatul Janaaza:
1- After the First Takbeer:
Recite Surah Al-Fatihah:
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ (۱)
الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ (۲)
مٰلِكِ یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ (۳)
اِیَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ اِیَّاكَ نَسْتَعِیْنُ (۴)
اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِیْمَ (۵)
صِرَاطَ الَّذِیْنَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَیْهِمْ غَیْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ لَا الضَّآلِّیْنَ (۷)
1. Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
2. Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen
3. Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem
4. Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
5. Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een
6. Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem
7. Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen
2- After the Second Takbeer:
Recite the Salat Al-Ibrahimiyya:
أللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد.
أللهم بارك على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد.
Transliteration:
Allaahumma salli 'alaa Muhammadin wa 'alaa 'aali Muhammadin, kamaa sallayta 'alaa 'Ibraaheema wa 'alaa 'aali 'Ibraaheema, 'innaka Hameedun Majeed.
3- After the Third Takbeer:
اَللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَاُنْثَانَا وَصَغِيرنَا وَكَبِيرنَا
اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ اَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَاَحْيهِ عَلَى اْلاِسْلاَمِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى اْلايمَانِ
اَللّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
Transliteration:
Allaahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa'ibinaa, wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa 'unthaanaa.
Allaahumma man 'ahyaytahu minnaa fa'ahyihi 'alal-'Islaami, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu 'alal-'eemaani, Allaahumma laa tahrimnaa 'ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba'dahu.
Meaning:
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those who are present and those who are absent, our young and our old, our men and our women. O Allah, whoever you keep alive from among us, keep him alive upon Islam, and whoever you take away from us, take him away in a state of faith. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not let us go astray after them.
4- After the Fourth Takbeer:
Pray for all Muslims. It is recommended to say:
اللهمَّ لا تَحرِمنا أجره و لا تَفتِنا بعده
Transliteration:
Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu wa la taftinna ba'dah(u).
Meaning:
O Allah, do not deprive us of the reward of our prayer for him, and do not test us after him.
5- Ending the prayer:
After the fourth Takbeer, end the prayer by saying one Salaam to the right (just once).
May Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) forgive our sins, forgive our deceased loved ones, and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.
Aameen, Yaa Allah.