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What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer inside the cemetery?

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Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible to perform the funeral prayer in a place prepared inside the cemetery where there is no barrier between it and the graves?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with the funeral prayer; one may even pray over the grave itself. There is no impediment. The funeral prayer is a special case. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلاة الجنازة داخل المقبرة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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