Know rulings of Dafan
Memorize the sentences of Talqeen and Ta’ziyat
Understand the rules regarding the visiting grave
Dafan, Talqeen and Ta’ziyat
Dafan
Dafan (الدفَن) is to bury the deceased in Qabr (قَبَر). The minimum requirement of a Qabr is that it should be a dig that prevents the smell and predatory animals(السِّبَاع). The roof of the dig should not touch Mayyit. It is compulsory to make him lie towards Qiblah and close Qabr in such a way that it prevents the dust from falling on the Mayyit. The perfect depth of a Qabr is 4.5 arms(أذْرُع). Lahd (لَحْد/digging at the bottom of the grave on the Qiblah side) is better than Shiq (شِقّ/digging a trench in the middle of the grave) unless the land is soft(رِخْوَة). Daytime is better than night. The pregnant woman should not be buried unless the death of the embryo (جَنِين) is confirmed. If the life of embryo is expected, then the embryo should be taken out.
It is Sunnah for those who attended Dafan to throw three handful soil to fill Qabr. In the first throw, he has to say
مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ
From the earth, We created you,, and.
In the second throw, he has to say
وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ
and into it We will return you
In the third throw, he has to say
وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُم تَارَةً أُخْرَى
from it We will extract you another time
It is Sunnah to raise Qabr to a height of a span(شِبْر). Flattening (تَسْطِيح)is better than making it hump-structure(تَسْنِيم). Placing a green plant above Qabr is also recommended.
Dafan is the responsibility of men.
Staying for a couple of minutes/an hour(ساعة) near Qabr and saying Talqeen is Sunnah.
The one who recites تَلْقِين should sit in front of Mayyit whereas other people should stand nearby.
Talqeen is as follows:
يَا عَبْدَ الله اِبْنَ أمَةِ الله ، أُذْكُرِ العَهْدَ الذِي خَرَجْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَهَادَة أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدً رَسُولُ اللهِ وَأنَّ الجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ النَّارَ حَقٌ وَأَنَّ البَعْثَ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لاَرَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ اللهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي القُبُورِ وَأَنَّكَ رَضِيتَ باللهِ رَبًّا وبالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلًّمَ نَبِيًّا وَبِالقُرْآنِ إِمَامًا وبالكعْبَة قِبْلَةً وبِالمؤُمِنِينَ إِخْوَانًا ، رَبِّي الله لا إله إلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ العَرْشِ العَظِيم
Oh slave of Allah! Remember the time when you left this world. You testified that there is no God but Allah, He is alone and has no partner and Muhammadris the messenger of Allah. You also testified that Janna (paradise) is the truth, Hell is the truth, Resurrection is the truth, the Final day will surely come and there is no doubt in it. You also testified that Allah resurrects those people who are in the grave. You accepted Allah as Rab (Lord), Islam as the religion, Muhammad r as the prophet, Quran as the Imam, Ka’aba as the Qiblah and the believers as the brothers. My lord is Allah, there is no God except Allah, and I put trust in Allah and He is lord of the great Arsh.
ings of Prayer in Shafi Madh’hab) by Abdu Shaheed Azhary. To download the full chapter click the below link. To support us, please consider acquiring the digital copy of the book from Amazon