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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on praying over a funeral before taking it to the mosque

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Question:
This is Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz. He says: We are a shaykh who perform the washing of the dead, but we are unable to pray over them with the congregation in the mosque. We pray over them before taking them to the mosque. What is the Shaykh's opinion on this matter?

Answer:
If you are busy and cannot go to the mosque, how is it that you do not go to the mosque? Do you not pray with the congregation? You go to the mosque, you pray with the congregation, and there is no washing of the dead at the time of prayer. So you go and pray with the congregation, then you return to your work. Yes. May Allah reward you, O
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1548 - حكم الصلاة على الجنازة قبل الذهاب بها إلى المسجد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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