Is it permissible to perform two funeral prayers for the deceased in the same town?
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The questioner : If the deceased is on one side of the town, he is not prayed for on the other side, because
The Shaykh : those on that side pray for him, and I think you have corrected it.
The questioner : Those on the other side do not pray for him; because he can attend, it is like if they were on the same side. Ibn Hamid said it is permissible by analogy to the distant case, and the prayer is suspended on the land.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if he is in one town, for he must either walk to the place where the deceased is or leave the prayer.
The Shaykh : those on that side pray for him, and I think you have corrected it.
The questioner : Those on the other side do not pray for him; because he can attend, it is like if they were on the same side. Ibn Hamid said it is permissible by analogy to the distant case, and the prayer is suspended on the land.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if he is in one town, for he must either walk to the place where the deceased is or leave the prayer.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1891 - هل يجوز إقامة صلاتين على الميت في نفس البلد؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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