The ruling on mentioning the names of the deceased when praying the funeral prayer
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it prescribed for the imam of the mosque, if he wants to announce who the funeral prayer will be for, to mention them in the order before him, or is it prescribed to mention the elders, both male and female?
Answer:
He does not mention anyone; rather, he says, "Pray over the deceased." He or the mu'adhdhin says this, and they pray over them all. This is sufficient instead of saying, "Pray over the deceased, so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so." No, he does not name them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: Is it prescribed for the imam of the mosque, if he wants to announce who the funeral prayer will be for, to mention them in the order before him, or is it prescribed to mention the elders, both male and female?
Answer:
He does not mention anyone; rather, he says, "Pray over the deceased." He or the mu'adhdhin says this, and they pray over them all. This is sufficient instead of saying, "Pray over the deceased, so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so." No, he does not name them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/070 — archive.org (10:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.