The ruling on praying over a funeral before it is taken to the mosque
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Question:
The questioner says: We wash the dead, but we are unable to pray over them with the congregation in the mosque, so we pray over them before taking them to the mosque. Some people objected to us, saying that the first prayer is a collective obligation, and what comes after it is a recommended practice. What should we do?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. You may pray over the funeral, and the matter is broad. You may pray over it alone, or with the congregation in the mosque, or outside the mosque; all of it is permissible, and praise be to Allah. Even if the situation requires praying over it in the cemetery before burial, there is nothing wrong with that. The matter is broad in this regard. Yes.
The questioner says: We wash the dead, but we are unable to pray over them with the congregation in the mosque, so we pray over them before taking them to the mosque. Some people objected to us, saying that the first prayer is a collective obligation, and what comes after it is a recommended practice. What should we do?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. You may pray over the funeral, and the matter is broad. You may pray over it alone, or with the congregation in the mosque, or outside the mosque; all of it is permissible, and praise be to Allah. Even if the situation requires praying over it in the cemetery before burial, there is nothing wrong with that. The matter is broad in this regard. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6687- حكم الصلاة على الجنازة قبل ذهابها إلى المسجد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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