Leaving work to pray over the dead in a distant mosque

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: We are a group of people working in the same department, but we leave work before the adhan for the midday prayer, after completing our tasks, and there is no harm from the employer’s side.

The Shaykh:
It is permissible. It is permissible.

The questioner:
We are a group of people working in the same place, but we leave work before the call to the midday prayer, after completing our tasks, and there is no harm from the employer’s side, so that we can perform the midday prayer in a mosque where funeral prayers are held. Is this permissible, given that we return to our work after finishing the prayer?

The Shaykh:
Yes, you go to the mosque and pray there, and when you are done with the prayer, you return to your work; this is the default. As for going to a distant mosque, saying that you go there because there are funerals, and it is far and causes you to miss part of your work, this is not permissible for you. The Muslims present at the funeral are sufficient to pray over the deceased; they are sufficient, the Muslims present at the funeral are sufficient to pray over the deceased. As for you, you go to the nearby mosque that is at