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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The funeral prayer for a deceased disbeliever

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The third and fourth questions of Fatwa No. ( 16127 )
Q 3: Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray the funeral prayer for a disbeliever when he dies?
A 3: It is not permissible to perform the funeral prayer for a deceased disbeliever, nor to make supplication for him. Allah the Exalted said:
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relativesمَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى
[At-Tawbah 9:113]
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