If people want to take the corpse to another town that is far away, or if the burial is delayed for some other reason, ṣalāt al‑waḥshah should be delayed until the first night of burial. [1] With regard to reciting Āyat al-Kursī, the obligatory precaution is to recite verses 255–257 of Chapter 2 of the Qur’an (Minhāj al‑Ṣāliḥīn, vol. 1, p. 346, Ruling 964). RECOMMENDED (MUSTAḤABB) GHUSLS LAWS OF BURIAL (DAFN) العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français