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Is it permissible to pray the funeral prayer for one who died upon minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as one who died while wearing an amulet?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to pray the funeral prayer for one who died upon minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as one who died while wearing an amulet?

Answer:
My brother, minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) does not take one out of Islam. The Muslim is prayed over. He is prayed over. Even if he had minor shirk (associating partners with Allah). Because he is a Muslim. In the hadith:
Pray (funeral prayers) over him who said (believed): 'Nothing deserves to be worshiped except Allah'صلوا على من قال لا اله الا الله.
Bulugh al-Maram 2:334
Even if he had sins, even if he had minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) that does not take him out of Islam. As long as he has not gone out of Islam, he is prayed over. It is the right of a Muslim over another Muslim to pray over him, to accompany his funeral procession, and to make du'a' (supplication) for him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4 -521] هل تجوز الصلاة على من مات على الشرك الأصغر، كمن مات وهو لابسٌ للتميمة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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