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Janazah 3.0: a new step-by-step guide to the funeral prayer in 12 languages, with every dua in Arabic, transliteration and meaning, a pray-along mode, and guides to ghusl, kafan, burial and condolence with drawings.
Learn the Janazah prayer step by step, with every dua, ghusl, kafan and burial.
Learn how to pray Janazah, the Islamic funeral prayer (Salat al-Janazah), step by step. Every dua is shown in Arabic with transliteration, meaning and its source, in 12 languages. The Janazah prayer (also written Janaza, Janaja, Namaz-e-Janaza or Janaza ki namaz) is the prayer Muslims offer for a Muslim who has died. It is short, prayed standing, with four takbirs and no bowing or prostration. This guide explains each takbir and what to recite, and everything around the funeral: from the moment of death to washing, shrouding, burial, condolence and visiting graves. How to pray Janazah • The four takbirs step by step, with a clear drawing • Pray along: follow the funeral prayer on screen, one takbir at a time • A switch for man, woman, boy or girl that shows the right dua • Intention (niyyah), where the imam stands, the rows, joining late • Differences between the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools • Prayer in absentia (Janazah ghaib), and who is prayed over Duas of the funeral prayer • Thana and Surah Al-Fatiha • Durood Ibrahim • Dua for the deceased (Allahummaghfir li-hayyina wa mayyitina) and the dua from Sahih Muslim • Dua for a child (boy and girl) • Duas when someone dies, at the grave, after burial, for condolence and for visiting graves • Arabic with full harakat, transliteration and meaning; copy any dua Caring for the deceased • When death approaches and the first steps after death • Washing the body (ghusl al-mayyit) step by step, with a drawing • The shroud (kafan) for a man, a woman and a child, with drawings • Special cases: martyrs, stillborn babies, no water, severe injuries, infectious disease Funeral and burial • Carrying the body and the funeral procession • The grave (lahd and shaqq), laying the body and filling the grave • What to do and say after the burial After the funeral • Giving condolence (ta'ziyah): what to say and how to help • Mourning, grief and the widow's iddah • What benefits the deceased: dua, charity, debts, the will • Visiting graves, and common mistakes to avoid • Questions and answers Who it is for • Anyone who wants to learn the Janazah prayer before they need it • Families arranging a funeral, and those who wash and shroud the deceased • New Muslims, students and imams who teach it Languages and features Available in 12 languages: English, Arabic, Bangla, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, French, Spanish, German and Russian. The app follows your phone's language, and you can change it at any time. Search the whole guide, adjust the Arabic text size, and hide the transliteration or the meaning. Works offline. No account needed. Sources The Qur'an, authentic hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah, the Muwatta of Imam Malik), al-Nawawi's al-Adhkar and the books of the four schools of fiqh, with references. Disclaimer This app is an educational guide. It is not a fatwa and does not replace the advice of a qualified scholar. Practice differs between schools of thought; where they differ, the app explains the main views. For questions about your own situation, please ask a qualified scholar or your local imam, and follow the laws and health regulations of your country. Translations of the meanings of the Qur'an and duas are approximate. May Allah have mercy on all who have passed away.