What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer for the people of major sins, and for the people of innovation?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer for the people of major sins, specifically those who abandon the prayer, and for the people of innovation?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer for the people of major sins? Specifically…
The Shaykh:
As long as he is a believer and has not exited from faith, even if he is among the people of major sins, the funeral prayer is performed for him and supplication is made for him, because he is a believer. However, if he has committed apostasy from Islam or exited from Islam, it is not permissible to perform the funeral prayer for him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer for the people of major sins, specifically those who abandon the prayer, and for the people of innovation?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer for the people of major sins? Specifically…
The Shaykh:
As long as he is a believer and has not exited from faith, even if he is among the people of major sins, the funeral prayer is performed for him and supplication is made for him, because he is a believer. However, if he has committed apostasy from Islam or exited from Islam, it is not permissible to perform the funeral prayer for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [972 /1350] ما حكم صلاة الجنازة على أهل الكبائر، وعلى أهل البدع؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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