Issue 263: It is obligatory to pray for a dead Muslim, even if it is a child. In the latter case, the dead child must have completed six years of age, and one or both of their parents must be Muslims.

Issue 264: The prayer must be offered, after Ghusl, embalmment and shrouding the dead body, and if it is offered before or during these, it will not suffice, even if it is due to forgetting or not knowing the rule.

Issue 265: To offer prayer for the dead, it is not necessary to perform Wudhu, Ghusl, or Tayammum. It is not necessary to be pure or to have pure clothes on either. It does not even matter if one's clothes are usurped ones. Although as a recommended precaution, one should observe all the rules which are necessary for other prayers.

Issue 266: A person, who offers prayer for a dead body, must face the Quiblah. It is obligatory to lay the dead body on its back before those who are praying in such a way that the head of the dead body is placed to their right and its feet are placed to their left.

Issue 267: To pray for a dead body, one must stand before it, but if it is offered in the form of a congregation and the line of the people extends from both sides of the dead body, the prayer offered by those who are not before the dead body is also valid.

Issue 268: There must not be any curtains or walls or the like between the dead body and the one(s) offering the prayer, but it does not matter if the dead body is in a coffin or the like.

Issue 269: While offering the prayer, the private parts of the dead body must be concealed and if it is not possible to shroud the dead body, the private parts must be somehow covered, even with a board, brick or any similar thing.

Issue 270: A person, who wants to offer the prayer for a dead body, must stand upright while offering the prayer with the intention of Qurbah, and while making the intention, they must specify the dead person, for instance, they may make such an intention: “I am offering prayer for this dead person seeking to grow closer to God”.

Issue 271: If a dead body is buried without offering the special prayer intentionally or due to forgetting, or for any other excuse or if after the burial it is revealed that the prayer offered for the dead body has been void and incorrect, it is obligatory to offer the prayer on the grave observing all the aforementioned conditions.

Q272: Must the prayer for the dead be offered immediately after the burial, or is it possible to offer it later?

A: What is considered obligatory is that the prayer must be offered for a dead body and it is not necessary to offer it immediately after the burial.