The Condition of Ritual Purity for the Funeral Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it a condition for praying over a funeral that the one praying be in a state of ritual purity?
Answer:
Yes, it is a prayer, and the prayer is not valid without ritual purity. Yes.[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] to the end of the verse. This is a general ruling covering the funeral prayer, the obligatory prayer, the voluntary prayer, the eclipse prayer, and the festival prayer; every prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it a condition for praying over a funeral that the one praying be in a state of ritual purity?
Answer:
Yes, it is a prayer, and the prayer is not valid without ritual purity. Yes.
when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces
إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ
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إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 22-05-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:44)
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