The funeral prayer for Shaykh Al-Albani
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Question:
Many questions have been received expressing condolences and reinforcing the presence of Shaykh Al-Albani, among them the question of whether it is permissible to perform the funeral prayer for him in his absence?
Answer:
May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him and all the deceased Muslims. You owe him your supplications. As for the prayer, if the one in authority permits it, there is no harm; but if the one in authority does not permit it, this is not to be done. Yes.
Many questions have been received expressing condolences and reinforcing the presence of Shaykh Al-Albani, among them the question of whether it is permissible to perform the funeral prayer for him in his absence?
Answer:
May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him and all the deceased Muslims. You owe him your supplications. As for the prayer, if the one in authority permits it, there is no harm; but if the one in authority does not permit it, this is not to be done. Yes.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وكذلك الشحام والعلاف والنجار أهل الجهل بالقرآن — islamhouse.com (25:47)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.