A Woman Following a Funeral
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Question:
In a follow-up to this question, Honorable Shaykh, the questioner Ibrahim says: My mother went behind my father’s body before it was buried, as he had instructed her to do so.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a woman to follow a funeral, whether it is her husband’s, a relative’s, or anyone else’s. Going with the funeral procession, accompanying the dead, and visiting graves are specific to men, not women. Yes.
In a follow-up to this question, Honorable Shaykh, the questioner Ibrahim says: My mother went behind my father’s body before it was buried, as he had instructed her to do so.
Answer:
It is not permissible for a woman to follow a funeral, whether it is her husband’s, a relative’s, or anyone else’s. Going with the funeral procession, accompanying the dead, and visiting graves are specific to men, not women. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/154 — archive.org (19:01)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.