Closing mosques for the funeral prayer

Question:
There is a group of questions that essentially say: If a funeral prayer takes place in the villages, other mosques are closed for this obligation, and all the people go to the main mosque to perform the prayer and the funeral prayer. Is there any objection to this matter?

Answer:
This is what is reported from the Salaf (the earliest generations). It is reported from the Salaf that they would close the mosques of the town and go to the mosque where the funeral is. The people of the mosque where the funeral is located pray over it, and the other mosques are not closed. Praying over the funeral is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If enough people perform it, praise be to Allah, the objective is achieved. If one Muslim prays over it, that is sufficient, and the rest is a recommended practice (sunnah). Closing the mosques is not permissible; it is forbidden (haram). How can one commit a forbidden act, which is closing the mosques, in order to perform a recommended practice? Yes.