a) To say Allahu Akbar and to recite Surah Al­Fatihah. It is good to recite along with it a short Surah, or a verse or two, as evidenced by the Hadith narrated on the authority of Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). b) To say Allahu Akbar for the second time and invoke peace and blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), reciting the same form of the second Tashahhud. c) To say Allahu Akbar for the third time and then say, "O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our young and old, and our men and our women. O Allah, whomever You keep alive from among us let him be upon Islam and whomever You take away from among us, take him away in Faith. O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him,