In al-Nasim Cemetery, some funerals are delayed for a second prayer over them; is this prescribed?
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Question:
The second matter, Shaykh 'Abd al-Karim. The second matter, Shaykh Salih, for the observer in al-Nasim Cemetery in Riyadh, hello. Yes, yes, we hear you. The observer in al-Nasim Cemetery in Riyadh, when the funerals arrive, some of the muhtasibin (may Allah guide us and them) delay the funerals to pray over them again. What is your guidance for these people? May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. Delaying the funeral.
Answer:
The second question. Delaying the burial of the funeral. Al-Nasim Cemetery. Yes. Yes. He says al-Nasim Cemetery. That some of the muhtasibin delay the burial of the funeral in order to wait for those who come to pray over him. This is a mistake. It is obligatory to hasten to bury the deceased and not to delay him. But if people are present and they have not prayed over him, they may be allowed to pray over him before the burial.
As for if they are waiting for someone to come, this is a mistake. The funeral is buried, and whoever comes afterward prays over the grave, and prayer over the grave is prescribed, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. So one prays over the grave, or is it necessary to delay the funeral and cause harm to the funeral in order for someone to attend to pray over it? Do not miss the funeral prayer. Whoever catches it before it is buried, he prays over it before it is buried. And whoever does not catch it until it is buried, he prays over the grave. Yes.
The second matter, Shaykh 'Abd al-Karim. The second matter, Shaykh Salih, for the observer in al-Nasim Cemetery in Riyadh, hello. Yes, yes, we hear you. The observer in al-Nasim Cemetery in Riyadh, when the funerals arrive, some of the muhtasibin (may Allah guide us and them) delay the funerals to pray over them again. What is your guidance for these people? May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. Delaying the funeral.
Answer:
The second question. Delaying the burial of the funeral. Al-Nasim Cemetery. Yes. Yes. He says al-Nasim Cemetery. That some of the muhtasibin delay the burial of the funeral in order to wait for those who come to pray over him. This is a mistake. It is obligatory to hasten to bury the deceased and not to delay him. But if people are present and they have not prayed over him, they may be allowed to pray over him before the burial.
As for if they are waiting for someone to come, this is a mistake. The funeral is buried, and whoever comes afterward prays over the grave, and prayer over the grave is prescribed, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. So one prays over the grave, or is it necessary to delay the funeral and cause harm to the funeral in order for someone to attend to pray over it? Do not miss the funeral prayer. Whoever catches it before it is buried, he prays over it before it is buried. And whoever does not catch it until it is buried, he prays over the grave. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1731 - في مقبرة النسيم يؤخر دفن بعض الجنائز للصلاة عليها ثانية، هل يشرع هذا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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