The ruling on counting funerals in mobile phone messages
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Recently, messages have spread via mobile phones stating that such-and-such a mosque has a certain number of funerals, and another mosque has a certain number of funerals, and the message ends with the phrase “reap rewards like mountains.”
Answer:
This is an unnecessary effort with no need for it. The Salaf did not do this kind of work, counting funerals. A Muslim strives to pray over the funeral, accompany it, attend the burial, and make du'a for the deceased. Whoever prays over it receives one qirat of reward, and whoever accompanies it and attends until it is buried receives two qirats. A qirat is like a great mountain of reward with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So if you learn of a funeral in a mosque, you should seek the reward by praying over it, accompanying it to its grave, attending its burial, then standing at its grave after the burial, seeking forgiveness for it and asking Allah for steadfastness for it, because that is the time of the questioning by the two angels. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Recently, messages have spread via mobile phones stating that such-and-such a mosque has a certain number of funerals, and another mosque has a certain number of funerals, and the message ends with the phrase “reap rewards like mountains.”
Answer:
This is an unnecessary effort with no need for it. The Salaf did not do this kind of work, counting funerals. A Muslim strives to pray over the funeral, accompany it, attend the burial, and make du'a for the deceased. Whoever prays over it receives one qirat of reward, and whoever accompanies it and attends until it is buried receives two qirats. A qirat is like a great mountain of reward with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So if you learn of a funeral in a mosque, you should seek the reward by praying over it, accompanying it to its grave, attending its burial, then standing at its grave after the burial, seeking forgiveness for it and asking Allah for steadfastness for it, because that is the time of the questioning by the two angels. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 05-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (7:08)
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