The Prayer of the Washers over the Corpse Before Its Transfer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if the funeral is washed in the mortuary and is to be transferred to a distant location, is it permissible for the washers to pray over it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, praying over the funeral is good. They should pray over it before it is carried and transferred to the other town. If it is to be transferred, they should pray over their brother.
The questioner:
All right.
The Shaykh:
Repeating the prayer over the funeral is good, because it is an increase in good. These people pray over it, then other people pray over it in the mosque, and others pray over it in the cemetery. All of this is good and an increase in good for the deceased. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if the funeral is washed in the mortuary and is to be transferred to a distant location, is it permissible for the washers to pray over it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, praying over the funeral is good. They should pray over it before it is carried and transferred to the other town. If it is to be transferred, they should pray over their brother.
The questioner:
All right.
The Shaykh:
Repeating the prayer over the funeral is good, because it is an increase in good. These people pray over it, then other people pray over it in the mosque, and others pray over it in the cemetery. All of this is good and an increase in good for the deceased. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الأطعمة — islamhouse.com (38:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.