The ruling on traveling to pray over a funeral and attend the burial
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on the custom of praying over a funeral and attending its burial?
Answer:
There is no basis for this. There is no basis for traveling to pray over a funeral, nor for attending its burial, nor for traveling to visit a grave. All of this has no basis, and it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). The prayer for the absent one: you make du'a' (supplication) for them while you are in your place, and there is no need to travel. This is something some people have introduced in this era, and it has no basis. It should be abandoned; it must be abandoned, and its ruling must be clarified, namely that it is not obligatory. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on the custom of praying over a funeral and attending its burial?
Answer:
There is no basis for this. There is no basis for traveling to pray over a funeral, nor for attending its burial, nor for traveling to visit a grave. All of this has no basis, and it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). The prayer for the absent one: you make du'a' (supplication) for them while you are in your place, and there is no need to travel. This is something some people have introduced in this era, and it has no basis. It should be abandoned; it must be abandoned, and its ruling must be clarified, namely that it is not obligatory. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب العدة والإحداد — islamhouse.com (47:41)
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