The absence of the mortuary washer from the Friday prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: He is from France. He says: Is it permissible for the mortuary washer, the one who washes the dead, to be absent or to miss the Friday prayer because he is washing the deceased?
Answer:
He washes the deceased and prays the Friday prayer. Washing the deceased is not something that is missed; the Friday prayer is something that is missed. He prays with the Muslims and then washes the deceased. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: He is from France. He says: Is it permissible for the mortuary washer, the one who washes the dead, to be absent or to miss the Friday prayer because he is washing the deceased?
Answer:
He washes the deceased and prays the Friday prayer. Washing the deceased is not something that is missed; the Friday prayer is something that is missed. He prays with the Muslims and then washes the deceased. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
فتح المجيد شرح كتاب التوحيد-23-02-1441هـ — alfawzan.live (53:18)
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