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It is MOST
Important to Give Sadaqa
on behalf of the deceased ON the FIRST Night of
Burial .This has MANY beneifts & can only be
achieved by giving sadqa on the first night when it
is MOST needed by the deceased .
Sayyid Ibne Tawus has narrated from the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) that the most difficult for the
dead person is the first night in the grave, so have
pity on your dead ones and give Sadaqah on their
behalf so that their difficulty is reduced and if
there is nothing to give in Sadaqah you must pray
two rakats prayer.
Namaz
Wahshat can be recited as under
645. It is befitting that on the first night
after the burial of a dead person, two Raka'ats of
wahshat prayers be offered for it. The method of
offering this prayers is as follows:
In the first Raka'at, after reciting Surah al-Hamd,
Ayatul Kursi should be recited once and in the
second Raka'at, Surah al-Qadr should be recited 10
times after Surah-al-Hamd;
and
after saying the Salam the following supplication
should be recited: Alla humma salli 'ala Muhammadin
wa Ali Muhammad wab'ath thawabaha ila qabri
......(here the name of the dead person and his
father's name should be mentioned).
646. Wahshat prayers can be offered in the
night following the burial of the dead body at any
time, but it is better to offer it in the early
hours of the night after 'Isha prayers.
647. If it is proposed to transfer the dead
body to some other town or its burial is delayed
owing to some reason, the wahshat prayers should be
deferred till the first night of its burial.
Mullah Fateh Ali Sultaan Abadi relates that
whenever he used to hear about the death of anybody,
he would pray Salaatul Wahsha; the prayer
recommended to be prayed for the deceased, and ask
Allah to protect him especially in the first night
in the grave from loneliness.
Well a certain man died and the Mullah prayed for
him as was his custom. The Mullah met a friend of
his who told him that he had seen the dead man in
his dream, and was told that his condition had been
miserable but when the Mullah prayed for him the
torture was removed.
The dead man prayed for the Mullah for showing such
consideration and kindness to him. (DAR UL SALAAM
VOL 2 PAGE 315)
Another Prayer
In the first rakat after Surah Hamd recite Surah
Tawheed twice and in the second rakat after Surah
Hamd recite Surah Takathur 10 times and after the
Salaam say: Allaahumma sale A'laa Muhammadinw
wa aale muhammadin wab atha thawaabaha ilaa qabre
dhaalikal mayyite f....alaan ibne falaan
Thus the Almighty this very moment would send
thousands of angels to the grave with heavenly
garments and they turn the narrowness of the grave
into vastness till the time the bugle would be blown
and would make the good deeds of the worshipper
shine like the sun and elevate him 40 grades.
Fazilat/Merits of Namaz-e-Wahshat
Shaykh Thiqatul Islam Noori has narrated directly
from Fath Ali Sultanabadi that he says he had the
habit that whenever he heard of the death of a
family member or a friend he would pray two rakats
prayer of the night of burial and gift the Sawab.
"No one knew about this practice of mine. One day I
met a friend. He said: Last night I had a dream in
which I saw a person who had died that day. I asked
him about his well being and inquired about the
conditions after death. He said that after my death
I was in a terrible difficulty because my deeds were
very bad. Till the time this person recited two
rakat prayer. And he mentioned your name. This two
rakat Namaz saved me from the punishment. May Allah
have mercy on the parents of this person who did
this favour to me. It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that whenever
there is narrowness and severity on the dead body
the Almighty widens his grave and removes the
narrowness and says that this widening is because
you had recited Namaz-e-Wahshat for such and such
believer brother. Marhum Haaj Mulla said: At this time the person asked
me what that prayer was? I explained to him the
method of this prayer and those things that are
beneficial to the dead ones.
They are as follows:
1. In order to be safe from the Wahshat-e-Qabr
(terror of the grave) one should perform the ruku
properly. Thus it is related from Imam Baqir (a.s.)
that one who performs the ruku properly does not
have terror in the grave.
2. Recite "Laa ilaaha illallaahul Malikul haqqul
Mubeen" a hundred times daily. One who recites this
is safe from poverty and terror of the grave and
affluence pulls him towards itself and the doors of
Paradise open up for him.
3. Recite Surah Yasin before going to bed.
4. Recite Namaz-e-Lailatul Raghaib which is
mentioned in the A'maal of Rajab on the eve of the
first Friday of the month of Rajab.
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