If a limb is cut from a living person, it is buried and no funeral prayer is performed over it

Question:
The first letter in this episode is from listener Ibrahim Hamid Bukht from Port Sudan in Sudan. He asks a number of questions, one of which is: If a part of a person’s body is amputated due to an accident or illness, is it obligatory for him to perform the funeral prayer over that amputated limb?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions. As for what follows: If a limb is cut from a living person, it is buried and no funeral prayer is performed over it, because its owner is alive. However, this limb is buried in a place, and no prayer is performed over it, because it does not have the rulings of a funeral.