Rows In Fneral Salah | Missing Part Of Congregational Funeral Salah | Funeral Of Person Who Committed Suicide

• How many rows should there be in a funeral Ṣalāĥ?

It is better to have three Ṣafs (rows) in the funeral Ṣalāĥ as it is mentioned in a blessed Ḥadīš, ‘The one whose (funeral) Ṣalāĥ was offered by three Ṣafs, he will be forgiven.’ If there are only 7 people, one should become Imām, three should stand in the first Ṣaf, two in the second Ṣaf and one in the third Ṣaf. (Ghunyaĥ, pp. 588) In the funeral Ṣalāĥ, the last Ṣaf is most excellent than all other Ṣafs. 

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 131)

• If one missed some part of the congregational funeral Ṣalāĥ, then…

The Masbūq (the person who has missed some of the Takbīrāt) will say his remaining Takbīrāt after the Imām has performed Salām on either side. If he suspects that the people would carry the bier up to the shoulders in case of reciting supplications etc., he should just utter Takbīrāt and leave out the supplications etc. If a person arrives after the fourth Takbīr, he may join the Ṣalāĥ (before the Imām performs Salām), utter Takbīr three times after Imām’s Salām and then perform Salām.

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 136)

• Funeral of an insane person or the one who committed suicide

The one who is insane from birth or became insane before reaching the age of puberty and died in the state of insanity, the supplication of a minor will be recited in his funeral Ṣalāĥ. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 835; Jauĥaraĥ, pp. 138; Ghunyaĥ, pp. 587) The funeral Ṣalāĥ of the one who committed suicide will be offered. 

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 3, pp. 128)