The Ruling on Attending the Funerals of Disbelievers and People of Innovation, and Cursing a Specific Person
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: Is it permissible to attend the funeral procession of non-Muslims? And to ask you to be on the left, and if Allah wills, to be with them in the procession? And is it permissible for a blessing to be prioritized, to be prioritized, prioritized, prioritized, prioritized?
The Shaykh:
As for participating in the funeral procession of disbelievers, this is not permissible; it is forbidden. A Muslim does not participate in the funeral procession of disbelievers. Rather, disbelievers attend to the funerals of disbelievers, and Muslims attend to the funerals of Muslims and accompany them in procession. This is because this is part of loyalty and disavowal. Accompanying Muslims in procession is part of loyalty to the believers, and accompanying disbelievers in procession is part of loyalty to disbelievers. This is not permissible. As for the people of innovation, if their innovations are such that they expel them from Islam, their ruling is the ruling of disbelievers; a Muslim does not participate in their funerals or processions. But if their innovations are less than disbelief and less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), they are considered among the open sinners of the Muslims. Muslims attend to their funerals and accompany them in procession because they have not exited Islam. So, if an innovation does not expel one from the religion, it is open sinfulness, and an open sinner does not exit Islam. Therefore, he has the rulings of Muslim funerals, such as attending to the body, accompanying the procession, burial, and so on, in Muslim cemeteries.
As for cursing a specific person, a specific disbeliever, this is not prescribed. But cursing disbelievers in general, or the Jews in general, or the Christians in general, there is no harm in that, because Allah has cursed them; He cursed the disbelievers, and He cursed the Christians, and He cursed the Jews collectively. But as for individuals, it is not permissible to curse a specific person, according to the correct view, because you do not know what has been written for you. Yes. Yes. His ruling is that he is one who takes them as allies; is this not taking disbelievers as allies? And whoever takes them as allies from among you, it may reach the level of disbelief, or it may be less than that. The least of its states is that it is forbidden; the least of its states is that it is forbidden and a sin. Yes.
It is well known of him that he holds innovations that expel one from Islam, and that his school of thought is a school that declares disbelief. So his ruling is the ruling of disbelievers. We do not look beyond the apparent; we judge him by the apparent of his school of thought and the apparent of what he claims to follow.
The Shaykh: Is it permissible to attend the funeral procession of non-Muslims? And to ask you to be on the left, and if Allah wills, to be with them in the procession? And is it permissible for a blessing to be prioritized, to be prioritized, prioritized, prioritized, prioritized?
The Shaykh:
As for participating in the funeral procession of disbelievers, this is not permissible; it is forbidden. A Muslim does not participate in the funeral procession of disbelievers. Rather, disbelievers attend to the funerals of disbelievers, and Muslims attend to the funerals of Muslims and accompany them in procession. This is because this is part of loyalty and disavowal. Accompanying Muslims in procession is part of loyalty to the believers, and accompanying disbelievers in procession is part of loyalty to disbelievers. This is not permissible. As for the people of innovation, if their innovations are such that they expel them from Islam, their ruling is the ruling of disbelievers; a Muslim does not participate in their funerals or processions. But if their innovations are less than disbelief and less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), they are considered among the open sinners of the Muslims. Muslims attend to their funerals and accompany them in procession because they have not exited Islam. So, if an innovation does not expel one from the religion, it is open sinfulness, and an open sinner does not exit Islam. Therefore, he has the rulings of Muslim funerals, such as attending to the body, accompanying the procession, burial, and so on, in Muslim cemeteries.
As for cursing a specific person, a specific disbeliever, this is not prescribed. But cursing disbelievers in general, or the Jews in general, or the Christians in general, there is no harm in that, because Allah has cursed them; He cursed the disbelievers, and He cursed the Christians, and He cursed the Jews collectively. But as for individuals, it is not permissible to curse a specific person, according to the correct view, because you do not know what has been written for you. Yes. Yes. His ruling is that he is one who takes them as allies; is this not taking disbelievers as allies? And whoever takes them as allies from among you, it may reach the level of disbelief, or it may be less than that. The least of its states is that it is forbidden; the least of its states is that it is forbidden and a sin. Yes.
It is well known of him that he holds innovations that expel one from Islam, and that his school of thought is a school that declares disbelief. So his ruling is the ruling of disbelievers. We do not look beyond the apparent; we judge him by the apparent of his school of thought and the apparent of what he claims to follow.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من كتاب الجنائز — islamhouse.com (46:39)
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