The Prayer over the Dead According to Their Number and Categories
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Question:
Some imams pray over four men at night and for fifty hours. Yes. The hadith about some imams praying over a number of the dead and their categories: four men and four women. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, that is not well known. It says: Pray over the dead and the children, pray over the funerals and the children, or over the men, women, and children. It says four, or five, or a hundred, or twenty. There is no need for the threat.
Some imams pray over four men at night and for fifty hours. Yes. The hadith about some imams praying over a number of the dead and their categories: four men and four women. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, that is not well known. It says: Pray over the dead and the children, pray over the funerals and the children, or over the men, women, and children. It says four, or five, or a hundred, or twenty. There is no need for the threat.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 59 من 64 / شرح القصيدة النونية/أنهارها في غير أخدود جرت / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:50)
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