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Prayer of Fear (Wahshat Prayer)
Issue 288: It is recommended to offer two Rak'ats of such a prayer for a dead person on the first night after the burial. This prayer is offered as follows: - In the first Rak'at, after reciting the Al-Hamd chapter, one must recite Al-kursee verse once, and on the second Rak'at, Al-Qadr chapter must be recited ten times after the Al-Hamd chapter; and after the salutation they must pronounce, “Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ali Muhammad wab'ath thawabahaa ila quabri…..(Here the name of the dead person must be mentioned). The other parts of this prayer are performed the same way as the parts of obligatory prayers. Issue 289: Wahshat prayer can be offered at any time of the first night after the burial, but it is better to offer it within the early hours of the night after evening (Isha') prayers.
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