Is ritual purity from hadath a condition for the validity of the funeral prayer?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is ritual purity from hadath a condition for the validity of the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is ritual purity from hadath a condition for the validity of the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, this is the funeral prayer, which is a prayer. A prayer is not valid except with ritual purity; a prayer is not valid except with ritual purity. The funeral prayer, the voluntary prayer, the obligatory prayer, the prayer for rain—no prayer is valid except with ritual purity.[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] to the end of the verse. This is general for all prayers. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is ritual purity from hadath a condition for the validity of the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is ritual purity from hadath a condition for the validity of the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, this is the funeral prayer, which is a prayer. A prayer is not valid except with ritual purity; a prayer is not valid except with ritual purity. The funeral prayer, the voluntary prayer, the obligatory prayer, the prayer for rain—no prayer is valid except with ritual purity.
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [521 -954] هل يشترط لصحة صلاة الجنازة الطهارة من الحدث؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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