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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the funeral prayer performed for the deceased who have been buried with a single intention?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the prayer for many deceased people after they have been buried performed with a single intention, or does one pray...?

The Shaykh:
In what respect?

The questioner:
For many deceased people after they have been buried, is it with a single intention?

The Shaykh:
Is the prayer for...?

The questioner:
For many deceased people after they have been buried, is it with a single intention, or is the prayer performed for each deceased person individually?

The Shaykh:
And how do you gather them when they are buried and interred in separate graves, and how do you gather them with a single intention? These funerals before they are buried are the ones that are gathered; the graves are not gathered. The prayer is performed for each deceased person in his grave. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/596] هل تُصلّى صلاة الجنازة على الأموات المدفونين بنية واحدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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