A Woman Going to the Mosque to Pray over the Dead

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A woman goes to the mosque where the funeral prayer is performed in order to pray over the dead, but a person stopped her and said that this is following the funeral procession, which is prohibited for women. Is his statement correct?

Answer:
No, this is praying over the dead, not following the funeral procession. Following the funeral procession means accompanying it to the cemetery; accompanying it to the cemetery is what constitutes following the funeral procession. As for praying over the deceased, women and men have prayed over the dead, and there is no harm in it. However, if the woman’s going out leads to a danger, she should stay in her home and make du'a for the deceased while she is in her home. Yes.