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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on an imam leaving his mosque to pray the funeral prayer in another mosque

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Question:
This questioner says: There are some imams and some mu'adhdhins who leave their mosques and go, especially during the 'Asr prayer, to the large mosque to perform the funeral prayer every day. What is the ruling on this practice of theirs?

Answer:
This practice of theirs involves excessive effort. It involves excessive effort. If a funeral is present in the mosque near him, or in the mosque where he prays, he prays over it. As for following mosques for the sake of praying over funerals, this involves excessive effort. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (182) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-05-25] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:49)

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