The Ruling on the Rows of the Funeral Prayer
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Question:
The rows of the funeral prayer are like the rows of the prayer; they must be completed. And the rows of the funerals?
Answer:
The apparent meaning of the hadith of Jabir, or in the mixing of the second or third row, meaning they arranged their rows. Malik ibn Hubayrah, the noble Companion, when he arranged them, he would make their rows three, even if they were not complete. If they were six, he would make them three, with two in each row. If they were ten, he would make them three, and so on. He argued with the hadith: "Whoever prays over a deceased with three rows has fulfilled the obligation," narrated by Malik ibn Hubayrah, and narrated by Abu Dawud and a group of others. So it was recommended that there be three rows, in the hope that this promise would be realized for the deceased. However, the hadith of Malik ibn Hubayrah, in what I have seen,
contains Ibn Ishaq, and he has been criticized regarding it, so there is doubt about its authenticity. The most likely view is that they arrange themselves as you arrange yourselves in prayer, arranging like the rows. When the first is completed, they start the second; when the second is completed, they start the third, and so on. This is the most likely and most apparent view, yes, because the hadith of Malik ibn Hubayrah is not explicit. Even if it were authentic, it is not explicit. Its intended meaning is to encourage the multiplication of rows, the multiplication of people, if it were authentic. As for what I have seen, it is from the narration of Ibn Ishaq in
The rows of the funeral prayer are like the rows of the prayer; they must be completed. And the rows of the funerals?
Answer:
The apparent meaning of the hadith of Jabir, or in the mixing of the second or third row, meaning they arranged their rows. Malik ibn Hubayrah, the noble Companion, when he arranged them, he would make their rows three, even if they were not complete. If they were six, he would make them three, with two in each row. If they were ten, he would make them three, and so on. He argued with the hadith: "Whoever prays over a deceased with three rows has fulfilled the obligation," narrated by Malik ibn Hubayrah, and narrated by Abu Dawud and a group of others. So it was recommended that there be three rows, in the hope that this promise would be realized for the deceased. However, the hadith of Malik ibn Hubayrah, in what I have seen,
contains Ibn Ishaq, and he has been criticized regarding it, so there is doubt about its authenticity. The most likely view is that they arrange themselves as you arrange yourselves in prayer, arranging like the rows. When the first is completed, they start the second; when the second is completed, they start the third, and so on. This is the most likely and most apparent view, yes, because the hadith of Malik ibn Hubayrah is not explicit. Even if it were authentic, it is not explicit. Its intended meaning is to encourage the multiplication of rows, the multiplication of people, if it were authentic. As for what I have seen, it is from the narration of Ibn Ishaq in
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صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (30:30)
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