Praying over the funeral immediately or waiting for a larger congregation
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes the funeral arrives ten minutes after the midday prayer, and there remain in the mosque about fifteen men. If we wait until the afternoon prayer, about two hundred will pray over it, about two hundred will pray over it. So is it better to bury it immediately and pray over it immediately, or to wait until the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
No, one should not hasten to pray over it and bury it. Fifteen or twenty are sufficient, and there is blessing in them. It should not be left until the afternoon prayer, because that harms the deceased.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes the funeral arrives ten minutes after the midday prayer, and there remain in the mosque about fifteen men. If we wait until the afternoon prayer, about two hundred will pray over it, about two hundred will pray over it. So is it better to bury it immediately and pray over it immediately, or to wait until the afternoon prayer?
Answer:
No, one should not hasten to pray over it and bury it. Fifteen or twenty are sufficient, and there is blessing in them. It should not be left until the afternoon prayer, because that harms the deceased.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (1:05:37)
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