Does the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib) interrupt the funeral prayer?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Is it permissible for me to interrupt the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib) in order to pray the funeral prayer? And is the funeral prayer better than the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib)?

The Shaykh : At its time. The funeral prayer. It is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). And the regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib) is a recommended practice (sunnah), and a collective obligation (fard kifayah) is better than a recommended practice (sunnah). But if one has started the recommended practice (sunnah), should he interrupt it for the sake of a collective obligation (fard kifayah)? We say that when people have started praying over the deceased, the prayer becomes a collective obligation (fard kifayah) in your case, not a recommended practice (sunnah)? It is a recommended practice (sunnah) because the people have fulfilled the collective obligation. Therefore, you should not invalidate your prayer, which is a recommended practice (sunnah) that you have entered into by the command of Allah and the permission of Allah, just to catch a prayer that is obligatory in general, but which is a recommended practice (sunnah) in your case after people have started it.
As for if the prayer is established and you are in a voluntary prayer, what is the status of this established prayer in your case? The individual obligation (fard 'ayn) is like the collective obligation (kifayah) in opinion. Therefore, if the prayer is established and you are in a voluntary prayer, or a regular voluntary prayer (rawatib), or something else, the scholars differed on this. Some said: Interrupt it. Interrupt it even if only the tashahhud remains for you. Some said: Do not interrupt it unless you fear that the imam will conclude the prayer before you finish it. And some, which is the stronger position, said: If you are in the second rak'ah, complete it. If you are in the first rak'ah, interrupt it. The evidence is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his saying . If you have started the second rak'ah, you have caught the first rak'ah in a time when it is customary for you to be in it, so the interruption extends to the second rak'ah. But if you are in the first rak'ah, you have not caught a rak'ah in which you are authorized to remain, and in that case, interrupt it. This detailed ruling is the stronger position. He interrupts it without the taslim. If we say that he interrupts it, he interrupts it without the taslim because the taslim is not part of the prayer. May Allah reward you. The hour has not ended. Seven o'clock, a quarter past seven. Yes, we give you two minutes. There is no extra meaning. And here this session ends, and to another session on Saturday, if Allah wills. And may Allah's peace and mercy and blessings be upon you.