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        "msgid": "is-it-obligatory-to-form-three-rows-for-funeral-prayers-1791780734",
        "date": "2026-10-12 11:11:31",
        "title": "Is It Obligatory to Form Three Rows for Funeral Prayers?",
        "author": "A.Syalaby Ichsan",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "Islamic scholar Ustaz Abdul Somad says scholars have differed over how worshippers should arrange themselves during funeral prayers, particularly when the congregation is small. The article cites traditions recommending three rows and describing the Prophet Muhammad leading a funeral prayer with seven people arranged across three rows.",
        "content": "<p>Allah SWT has decreed that every living being will experience death\n(QS Ali Imran: 185). When a Muslim dies, those who remain must wash and\nshroud the body, perform the funeral prayer and bury the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>These duties are fardhu kifayah, or communal obligations. They are\ndischarged if some Muslims carry them out; if no one does so, the entire\nMuslim community bears the sin.<\/p>\n<p>In principle, the funeral prayer is like other prayers. Its\nrequirements include covering the aurat, being free from minor and major\nritual impurity, ensuring the body, clothing and place of prayer are\nclean, and facing the qibla.<\/p>\n<p>One difference is that the funeral prayer has no bowing or\nprostration. It is also not preceded by the call to prayer or the\niqamah. The Prophet Muhammad taught that it should be performed in\ncongregation.<\/p>\n<p>Ustaz Abdul Somad (UAS) said scholars have offered various views on\nhow rows should be arranged for the funeral prayer. For example, Malik\nbin Anas and Abu Hurairah would ask worshippers to form three rows when\nthe congregation was small.<\/p>\n<p>Malik bin Hubairah, meanwhile, cited a hadith narrated by\nat-Tirmidhi: \u201cThe Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him,\nsaid: \u2018If a deceased person is prayed over by three rows, Paradise\nbecomes assured for them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another hadith, narrated by at-Tabrani and cited in al-Mu\u2019jam\nal-Kabir, states: \u201cThe Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon\nhim, performed a funeral prayer with seven people. He then arranged them\nin rows: three people in the first row, two in the second and two in the\nthird.\u201d<\/p>",
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