The Imamate in the Funeral Prayer and Who Leads It
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the imamate in the funeral prayer, as in the hadith, for the one who leads it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the relatives of the deceased lead it, the closest relatives first. If they give permission to others, there is no harm. But if the funeral is in the mosque, the imam of the mosque leads it, because this is within his authority and jurisdiction. If they are in the mosque, the imam of the mosque leads it. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to move from a Muslim country where a servant cannot establish the rituals of the religion?
The Shaykh:
The scholars said that the one most deserving to pray over the funeral is the closest relative. The most deserving means that no one else prays, no, they say the most deserving, the most deserving to do so. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the imamate in the funeral prayer, as in the hadith, for the one who leads it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the relatives of the deceased lead it, the closest relatives first. If they give permission to others, there is no harm. But if the funeral is in the mosque, the imam of the mosque leads it, because this is within his authority and jurisdiction. If they are in the mosque, the imam of the mosque leads it. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to move from a Muslim country where a servant cannot establish the rituals of the religion?
The Shaykh:
The scholars said that the one most deserving to pray over the funeral is the closest relative. The most deserving means that no one else prays, no, they say the most deserving, the most deserving to do so. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-01-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:51)
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