وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَهِلَّ: أُدْرِجَ فِي خِرْقَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ، وَلَمْ يُصَلَّ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: If no sign of life after birth is established, the child is wrapped in cloth, buried and not given the funeral prayer.
Udrija fi khirqah means wrapping in cloth. Burial remains prescribed in this described case, but the condition for funeral prayer—established life after birth—has not been met.
The distinction turns on reliable evidence of life rather than mere absence of crying.
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وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَهِلَّ: أُدْرِجَ فِي خِرْقَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ، وَلَمْ يُصَلَّ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: If no sign of life after birth is established, the child is wrapped in cloth, buried and not given the funeral prayer.
Udrija fi khirqah means wrapping in cloth. Burial remains prescribed in this described case, but the condition for funeral prayer—established life after birth—has not been met.
The distinction turns on reliable evidence of life rather than mere absence of crying.