The ruling on reciting al-Fatihah over the deceased
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Question:
This is a Sudanese resident in Riyadh who says to me that he has a set of questions, starting with the first one about the hadith, “Recite al-Fatihah over your dead.” What is the ruling on reciting al-Fatihah for the soul of so-and-so?
Answer:
This is not a hadith; it is fabricated. What was reported is, “Recite Yasin over your dead,” and that is also a weak hadith. So al-Fatihah is not recited over the funeral, meaning in the presence of the body. It is only recited in the funeral prayer, in the prayer over the funeral, and it is not recited without a prayer, as the innovators do: reciting over funerals, reciting over graves, reciting—this is not permissible. There is no evidence for it. Yes.
This is a Sudanese resident in Riyadh who says to me that he has a set of questions, starting with the first one about the hadith, “Recite al-Fatihah over your dead.” What is the ruling on reciting al-Fatihah for the soul of so-and-so?
Answer:
This is not a hadith; it is fabricated. What was reported is, “Recite Yasin over your dead,” and that is also a weak hadith. So al-Fatihah is not recited over the funeral, meaning in the presence of the body. It is only recited in the funeral prayer, in the prayer over the funeral, and it is not recited without a prayer, as the innovators do: reciting over funerals, reciting over graves, reciting—this is not permissible. There is no evidence for it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/249 — archive.org (11:52)
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