Praying over a funeral more than once

Question:
This is Abu 'Abd al-'Aziz. He says: Shaykh, we wash the bodies of the deceased, but we are unable to pray over them with the congregation in the mosque. So we pray over them before taking them to the mosque. Some people objected, saying that the first prayer is a collective obligation (fard kifayah) and the second is a recommended practice (sunnah), and that you have deprived the dead of the reward. So should we pray or not? Knowing that we are unable to go to the mosque.

Answer:
It is better that you pray over the funeral with the people so that the number of those praying over it increases, and so that you make du'a' for it along with the Muslims. This is what is better. If you are unable to do this, then pray over it to the best of your ability, and there is no harm in that. There is no objection to repeating the prayer over the funeral, because this is an increase in good and an increase in supplication. As for the one who did not pray over it, he should pray over it in the mosque, in the cemetery, or over the grave, according to what is easy for him. Yes.