Kalimat Talqin — !exclusive!

While Talqin is practiced by the majority of Sunni Muslims (Hanafis, Shafi’is, Hanbalis in one narration), some scholars (including some Salafi-leaning scholars) consider it an innovation ( bid’ah ) because it is not found in the most rigorously authenticated Hadith collections (Bukhari & Muslim).

The core phrases are: "Ya qalbi, ya qalbi... (O my heart, O my heart...)" followed by the Shahada and the basics of faith. However, the most authentic and widely practiced version (based on narrations from Abu Umamah al-Bahili, as recorded by Tabarani) is: "Ya ‘abdal’llah, ya walada amatillah… (O servant of Allah, O child of the female servant of Allah…) …Udhkur al-‘ahd alladhi kharajta ‘alayhi min al-dunya, shahadata an la ilaha illa Allah wa anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluh, wa annaka radiya billahi rabban, wa bil-islami dinan, wa bi Muhammadin nabiyyan, wa bil-Qur’ani imaman. (Remember the covenant you left this world upon: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, and that you are pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, with Muhammad as Prophet, and with the Qur’an as guide.)" kalimat talqin

This is not a "conversation" with the dead in the worldly sense, but a spiritual act of tawassul (mediation) and du’a (supplication). It serves as a final reminder to the soul as it enters the Barzakh (the intermediate realm between this world and the Hereafter). While Talqin is practiced by the majority of

Some people whisper Talqin into the ear of the corpse before burial . That is incorrect. The correct time is after burial , when the questioning begins. Before burial, focus on du’a for forgiveness. However, the most authentic and widely practiced version