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O Allah, praise and venerate Muhammad and the followers of
Muhammad, as You praised and venerated Abraham and the fol-
lowers of Abraham. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the followers
of Muhammad, as You blessed Abraham and the followers of
Abraham.311 Surely You are Praised and Magnified.
The congregation follows the Imam as he raises his hands to his
cars and announces for the third time, "Allah is the Greatest."
Next, the Imam and the congregation offer private prayers to
Allah for the forgiveness of the deceased. Different prayers are
reported to have been offered by Prophet Muhammad £0, and it
seems that prayers of any form are permissible; however, the
following is preferable:
O Allah, forgive him/her, and have mercy upon him/her, and
pardon his/her sins, and honor his/her arrival, and widen his/her
tomb and give him/her proof, and save him/her from the disaster
of the tomb. And replace his/her house with a house better than
his/her house and relatives better than his/her relatives. O Allah,
Muhammad, as You praised and venerated Abraham and the fol-
lowers of Abraham. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the followers
of Muhammad, as You blessed Abraham and the followers of
Abraham.311 Surely You are Praised and Magnified.
The congregation follows the Imam as he raises his hands to his
cars and announces for the third time, "Allah is the Greatest."
Next, the Imam and the congregation offer private prayers to
Allah for the forgiveness of the deceased. Different prayers are
reported to have been offered by Prophet Muhammad £0, and it
seems that prayers of any form are permissible; however, the
following is preferable:
O Allah, forgive him/her, and have mercy upon him/her, and
pardon his/her sins, and honor his/her arrival, and widen his/her
tomb and give him/her proof, and save him/her from the disaster
of the tomb. And replace his/her house with a house better than
his/her house and relatives better than his/her relatives. O Allah,