Is it permissible to pray over the deceased using tayammum (dry ablution) when water is available, for fear of missing the prayer? Is this also the case for the Eid prayer? And what is the evidence?

The questioner : Is it permissible to pray over the deceased using tayammum (dry ablution) when water is available, for fear of missing the prayer? Is this also the case for the Eid prayer? And what is the evidence?

The Shaykh : As for the funeral prayer, it appears to me that it is permissible, but not so for the Eid prayer. This is because the funeral prayer is a collective obligation; if some people perform it, the obligation falls off the rest. So if a Muslim wants to attain the virtue of praying over the funeral, he should perform wudu' (ablution) as is the original rule. If, as mentioned in the question, he misses the prayer while performing wudu', I see no obstacle to performing tayammum (dry ablution) based on the principle that "what cannot be attained in its entirety should not be abandoned in its majority."
As for the Eid prayer, since the Eid prayer is an individual obligation upon every person of legal capacity, he must prepare to catch the Eid prayer with the congregation by performing complete wudu' (ablution); because if he does not do so, he will have sinned. This is unlike the funeral prayer, where the matter is as we mentioned, being a collective obligation.
Yes.

Another questioner : So if you miss some of the takbir (saying Allahu akbar)?

The Shaykh : There, there.

Another questioner : I mean, if the funeral is delayed, he performs wudu' to pray with the congregation; the congregation prays over the funeral, then that man performs wudu' and prays over it. They pray in groups, meaning they pray in multiple congregations over the funeral, as...

The Shaykh : You are imagining a scenario, and the question is a scenario: a man is currently present while the Muslims are praying over the funeral. If he does not complete it, he misses the funeral prayer.

Another questioner : Who wants to wait for him...?

The Shaykh : He missed it. But when you want to address the issue, I will tell you: please, Your Honor the Shaykh, be patient so I can perform wudu'; I want to pray with you in congregation. This is a solution, but it is not a practical solution.
The important thing is the scenario we need to address to give this answer. However, if it is possible in another, more complete way...

Another questioner : Praying over the grave?

The Shaykh : No, he goes and carries it, and burdens him with the hardship of going to the grave.

Another questioner : It is not practical, Professor. It is not practical.

The questioner : One of the preachers cited a hadith.

Another questioner : So if he misses one of the takbir (saying Allahu akbar); what does he do?

The Shaykh : He makes it up.

Another questioner : Yes?

The Shaykh : He makes up one takbir (saying Allahu akbar).

Another questioner : The funeral has been raised.

The Shaykh: How?

Another questioner : The funeral has been raised.

The Shaykh : Between when he says the takbir (saying Allahu akbar), it was raised?

Another questioner : Allahu akbar, finished!

The Shaykh : May Allah grant him Paradise [Everyone laughs!].
What does it matter to us the scenario you imagined if it were to happen? What does it matter to us? He must complete the prayer; meaning, is the raising of the funeral worse than the rising of the sun while he is praying Fajr, for example? It is not worse, nor is it farther.
Other than that?