Is the funeral prayer performed for one who commits a bid'ah (religious innovation) that entails disbelief?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the funeral prayer performed for one who commits a bid'ah that entails disbelief?
The Shaykh:
If you know that he did not repent from it. It is a bid'ah that entails disbelief.
The questioner:
And you did not know that he repented from it.
The Shaykh:
Then do not perform the funeral prayer for him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the funeral prayer performed for one who commits a bid'ah that entails disbelief?
The Shaykh:
If you know that he did not repent from it. It is a bid'ah that entails disbelief.
The questioner:
And you did not know that he repented from it.
The Shaykh:
Then do not perform the funeral prayer for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [587 -2802] هل يصلى على صاحب البِدعة المُكفِّرة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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