Going to the mosque where funeral prayers are frequent
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to go to the mosque where funeral prayers are frequent in order to seek reward, knowing that this mosque is inside the city?
Answer:
This is good. Attending the funeral prayer is good. Go to the mosque where the funeral is placed and pray over it; you will come out with reward. It is a good deed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning that witnessing a death is like a great mountain in the sight of Allah. This is a deed from you. You go to the mosque where the funerals are brought in, and you pray over
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to go to the mosque where funeral prayers are frequent in order to seek reward, knowing that this mosque is inside the city?
Answer:
This is good. Attending the funeral prayer is good. Go to the mosque where the funeral is placed and pray over it; you will come out with reward. It is a good deed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever attends a funeral and prays over it has a reward of one qirṭ. Whoever attends and then departs has a reward of two qirṭ. And a qirṭ is
من شهد الجناية فيصلى عليها فله قراءة من شهد فتدهن فله قراءة عنها والقراءةlike a great mountain,
مثل الجبل العظيم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 25 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:02)
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