The Ruling on Praying over a Battle Casualty
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Question:
Is the prayer performed over a battle casualty?
Answer:
However, they did not wash them, nor did they pray over them. If the fighting is not between the polytheists, but between a group of Muslims who are rebels, the matter of rebellion differs. Yes, fighting the people of the belly. This is a matter requiring consideration, and the closest view, and Allah knows best, is that they are like them; because it is independent legal reasoning, each side is exercising independent legal reasoning, and it is obligatory to reconcile between them. If reconciliation between them is not possible, then fighting is permissible, just as Allah the Exalted commanded,[Al-Hujurat 49:9] meaning that the prayer is not performed over a casualty. They were washed and prayed over, because if one dies in the battle, the right returns to him as a martyr, if Allah wills. If he dies in the battle, the closest view, and Allah knows best, is that it is like being killed in legitimate jihad. If he is killed in the battle, he is not washed, and the prayer is not performed over him, because he is exercising independent legal reasoning. He may be correct, and it is said: whoever is correct has two rewards, and whoever is wrong has one reward.
Is the prayer performed over a battle casualty?
Answer:
However, they did not wash them, nor did they pray over them. If the fighting is not between the polytheists, but between a group of Muslims who are rebels, the matter of rebellion differs. Yes, fighting the people of the belly. This is a matter requiring consideration, and the closest view, and Allah knows best, is that they are like them; because it is independent legal reasoning, each side is exercising independent legal reasoning, and it is obligatory to reconcile between them. If reconciliation between them is not possible, then fighting is permissible, just as Allah the Exalted commanded,
then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah
فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب توقير العلماء والكبار وأهل الفضل : الأحاديث : [ 352 - 354 ] — islamhouse.com (5:23)
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