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CHAP. XV.] FUNERAL RITES. 333
behind the men; for on this occasion they are seldom excluded from the mosque. The congregation
being thus disposed, the Imam commences the
prayer over the dead; prefacing it with these words :*
—"I purpose reciting the prayer of four 'tek-
beers,'f the funeral-prayer, over the deceased Muslim here present:"—or—"the deceased Muslims
here present:" for two or more corpses are often
prayed over at the same time. Having said this, he
exclaims (raising his open hands on each side of his
head, and touching the lobes of his ears with the
extremities of his thumbs), " God is most great!"
The muballigh repeats this exclamation ; and each
individual of the congregation behind the Imam
does the same ; as they also do after the subsequent
tekbeers. The Imam then recites the Fat'hah;
and a second time exclaims, " God is most great!"
after which he adds, " O God, favour our lord
Mohammad, the Illiterate Prophet, and his Family
and Companions, and preserve them"—and the
third time exclaims, " God is most great!" He
then says, " O God, verily this is thy servant and
son of thy servant: he hath departed from the
repose of the world, and from its amplitude,^ and
from whatever he loved, and from those by whom
he was loved in it, to the darkness of the grave,
and to what he experienceth. He did testify that
there is no deity but Thou alone : that Thou hast
* I give the form of prayer used by the Shafe'ees, as being the most
common in Cairo. Those of the other sects are nearly similar to this.
t A" tekbeer" has been explained in a former chapter, as being the
exclamation of " Allahu Akbar!" or " God is most great!"
X Or, according to one of my sheykhs, " its business."
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000345 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. XV.] FUNERAL RITES. 333 behind the men; for on this occasion they are seldom excluded from the mosque. The congregation being thus disposed, the Imam commences the prayer over the dead; prefacing it with these words :* —"I purpose reciting the prayer of four 'tek- beers,'f the funeral-prayer, over the deceased Muslim here present:"—or—"the deceased Muslims here present:" for two or more corpses are often prayed over at the same time. Having said this, he exclaims (raising his open hands on each side of his head, and touching the lobes of his ears with the extremities of his thumbs), " God is most great!" The muballigh repeats this exclamation ; and each individual of the congregation behind the Imam does the same ; as they also do after the subsequent tekbeers. The Imam then recites the Fat'hah; and a second time exclaims, " God is most great!" after which he adds, " O God, favour our lord Mohammad, the Illiterate Prophet, and his Family and Companions, and preserve them"—and the third time exclaims, " God is most great!" He then says, " O God, verily this is thy servant and son of thy servant: he hath departed from the repose of the world, and from its amplitude,^ and from whatever he loved, and from those by whom he was loved in it, to the darkness of the grave, and to what he experienceth. He did testify that there is no deity but Thou alone : that Thou hast * I give the form of prayer used by the Shafe'ees, as being the most common in Cairo. Those of the other sects are nearly similar to this. t A" tekbeer" has been explained in a former chapter, as being the exclamation of " Allahu Akbar!" or " God is most great!" X Or, according to one of my sheykhs, " its business." |
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