Make The Following Announcement Before The Funeral Of An Adult

The friends and relatives of the deceased are requested to pay attention. If the deceased had ever hurt you or violated your right in his lifetime, or he owes you anything, please forgive him, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ this will benefit the deceased and you will also be rewarded. Please listen carefully about the intention and the method of the funeral Ṣalāĥ. ‘I make the intention to offer this funeral Ṣalāĥ, for Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and supplication for this dead person, following this Imām.’ If you do not remember these particular words, there is no harm as long as this intention is in the heart: ‘I am offering funeral Ṣalāĥ for this deceased person.’

When the Imām says اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ raise both your hands up to the ears, say اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ (in a low voice) then fold them below the navel and recite Šanā. When the Imām says اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ the second time, without raising your hands, say اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ and recite Durūd-e-Ibrāĥīm. When the Imām says اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ for the third time, without raising your hands, say اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ and recite the funeral supplication of a deceased adult (or if it is the funeral of a male or female child then announce to recite the supplication for the deceased child). When the Imām says اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ the forth and (final) time, say اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ, unfold the hands and perform Salām, right then left following the Imām as usual.