The ruling on praying over a funeral in the mosque and the cemetery

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on leaving off the prayer over a funeral in the mosque and making the prayer in the cemetery instead of the mosque?

Answer:
It is permissible to pray over a funeral in the mosque, and it is permissible to pray over it outside the mosque, and it is permissible to pray over it in the cemetery for one who did not pray over it in the mosque. The important thing is that one prays over the funeral in any place, even at the grave. Even if it is buried and he has not prayed over it, he prays over the grave, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did with the one who was buried at night and he did not know of her death; he went and prayed over her grave.