If one who abandoned the prayer dies, is it permissible for me to pray for his mercy or to pray over his funeral?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If one who abandoned the prayer dies, is it permissible for me to pray for his mercy or to pray over his funeral?
Answer:
If you are certain that he did not repent to Allah, that he died without having repented to Allah, and was persisting in abandoning the prayer, then do not pray over his funeral. But if you do not know about his ending or what he was concluded with, then you pray, because the default for a Muslim is that one prays over him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If one who abandoned the prayer dies, is it permissible for me to pray for his mercy or to pray over his funeral?
Answer:
If you are certain that he did not repent to Allah, that he died without having repented to Allah, and was persisting in abandoning the prayer, then do not pray over his funeral. But if you do not know about his ending or what he was concluded with, then you pray, because the default for a Muslim is that one prays over him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [234 -858] إذا مات من كان تاركا للصلاة، هل يجوز أن أترحم عليه أو أصلي على جنازته؟ — youtube.com
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