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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 84of 129

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدًۭا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ﴿٨٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muhammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd not
تُصَلِّtuṣalliyou pray
عَلَىٰٓʿalāfor
أَحَدٍۢaḥadinany
مِّنْهُمmin'humof them
مَّاتَmātawho dies
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَلَاwalāand not
تَقُمْtaqumyou stand
عَلَىٰʿalāby
قَبْرِهِۦٓ ۖqabrihihis grave
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand died
وَهُمْwahumwhile they were
فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Prayer for the Funeral of HypocritesAllah commands His Messenger to disown the hypocrites, to abstain from praying the funeral prayer when any of them dies, from standing next to his grave to seek Allah's forgiveness for him, or to invoke Allah for his benefit. This is because hypocrites disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died as such.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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