The Prayer for the Dead (see Some Texts Supplementary to
the Kitáb-i-Aqdas) is the only Bahá’í obligatory prayer
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which is to be recited in congregation; it is to be recited by
one believer while all present stand in silence (see note 19).
Bahá’u’lláh has clarified that the Prayer for the Dead is
required only when the deceased is an adult (Q and A 70), that
the recital should precede the interment of the deceased,
and that there is no requirement to face the Qiblih when
saying this prayer (Q and A 85).
