| The Dead Sunnah of Janaazah
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R a s u l u l l a h (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"Whoever holds on firmly to my
Sunnah at the time of the corruption
of my Ummah, for him there is the
reward of a hundred shuhadaa (martyrs)."
Among the Masnoon acts of the Janaazah (Burial) service is that the Janaazah be carried by four men. Others should walk behind and alongside the Janaazah. The details of this carrying system are described in the books of Fiqh and in even the elementary Maktab text books.
However, in some places this Masnoon system has been totally displaced and a bid’ah style has replaced the Sunnah method.
LINING UP
People line up in two rows facing each other at the entrance of the qabrustaan. The Janaazah is passed on along the gauntlet like a bag of potatoes from hand to hand until it reaches the grave. This system is in conflict with the Sunnah which it displaces., and at the same time is highly disrespectful for the mayyit (deceased ). According to the Shariah the way of respect for the mayyit is to carry it along in the Masnoon ma nner, not passing it along a row of people as if it is some chattel. The Sunnah requires that the people move along with the Janaazah, not that the Janaazah be moved along while all the people remain stationary.
The Ulama in these places where this bid’ah is being perpetrated have also become so accustomed to this bid’ah that they fail to see the gross error of this bid’ah method. It is the obligation of the Ulama to rectify this wrong and educate their flocks to reinstitution the Sunnah method of carrying the Janaazah.
ANOTHER NEW BID’AH
Another new bid’ah which has been recently introduced by the graveside is the method of making dua. Firstly, the congregational dua which takes place after burial is not Sunnat. In the new style of dua,after the grave has been closed up, the Imaam Saheb instructs the crowd to turn around facing the Qiblah to make the congregational dua. There is no such dua for this occasion. The instruction by the Imaam Saheb is also a new dimension added to the burial service. Every new fabricated method displaces the Sunnat method, hence it is bid’ah.
"The Majlis" Vol.15 No.10
» Posted by abu mohammed on 13th September 2011
1 Comments
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Nabila wrote on 22/03/2012:
Why should we salat o salami also known as salami? Where everyone stands up and puts their below the navel for men and on the chest for women, like we do in salaah.
Is this not a bidah in islaam?