This is the Dua that is recited after the third Takabeer:
Allaahumma ighfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa-ibinaa, wa
sagheerinaa, wa kabeerinaa, wa dhakarinaa wa unthaanaa. Allaahumma man ahyaytaho o minnaa fa ahyihee alal islaam wa man tawaffaytahoo minnaa fatawaffahoo alal ie maan. Translation: Oh Allah ! Forgive those of us that are alive and those of us that are dead; those of us that are present, and those of us who are absent: those of that are young, and those of us that are adults; our males and females. Oh Alla h! Whomsoever of us You keep alive, let him live as a follower of Islam, and who msoever You cause to die, let him die as a Believer. IMPORTANT SALAT AL-JANAZA `ALA AL-GHA'IBIN As it is known one of our brothers Abid Ghareeb died and I urge brothers to pray janazah prayer in absentia 'AL-JANAZA `ALA AL-GHA'IBIN ' over him because there is no one to performe prayer over him since he died among kufar in Sydney. Sinc e it is colective duty to pray janazah over a passed away muslim it is obligator y to pray janazah for the brother. His janazah is going to take place on wednesd ay. Below are some of the proofs for the validity of the janazah prayer in absen tia. Abu Hurayra narrated that the Prophet e announced to the people the death of the Negus (al-Najashi) on the same day that he died, then he came outside with them to the (open air) place of prayer and said Allah is greatest! four times. (sahih Muslim) Jabir ibn `Abd Allah said that the Prophet e said: Today one righteous servant of Allah has died: As-hama. Jabir continued: Then he rose and led us in prayer over him. (sahih Muslim) Ibn Qudama al Hanbali said in al-Mughni, Kitab al-jana'iz, section entitled Whoev er misses the prayer offers it at the grave : The funeral prayer over the dead who are in another locality is permissible with the proper intention. One faces the Qibla and prays as in the presence of the b ody, regardless whether the absent dead is in the direction of the Qibla or not, or whether the distance between the respective countries warrants shortening th e prayer during travel or not. Ibn Qudama, al-Mughni (vol. 2, p323) Al-Mardaawi said in al-Insaaf : The funeral prayer may be offered in absentia wi th the right intention. This is our view with regard to all cases (i.e., whether the funeral prayer has already been offered or him or not, and whether he benef ited the Muslim masses or not). This is the view of the majority of our companio ns and many of them were definite about that. And it was narrated from Imam Ahma d that it is not permissible to offer the funeral prayer in absentia. And it was said that the funeral prayer may be offered if it has not yet been offered, oth erwise it should not be done. This is the view favoured by Shaykh Taqiy al-Deen and Ibn Abd al-Qawiy. Shaykh al-Islam narrated that Imam Ahmad said: If a righteous man dies, then the funeral prayer may be offered for him, and he quoted as evidence the story of t he Negus. (vol 2, p 533) Ibn Hazm states in his al-Muhallah (vol. 5, p.138), "And a dead Muslim is prayed over even in absentia."