Is there any harm in placing the funeral bier in front of the worshippers before praying over it?

Abu Malik: Is there any harm in the Shari'ah in placing the funeral bier in front of the worshippers, for example in the midday prayer, before praying over it?

The Shaykh: Of course, there is great harm in this according to those who use a fortiori reasoning. A fortiori reasoning is not absolute analogical reasoning. A fortiori reasoning so a fortiori, do not strike them with your palm. This is a fortiori reasoning according to those who hold to analogical reasoning. So we say, if we all know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Praise be to Allah,"
Abu Malik: Poor things, ohAbu Layla : ..

The Shaykh: You all know the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Is it more important in terms of the appearance of the manifestations of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to pray over the dead man while he is in his grave, or to pray toward the dead man while he is still on the surface of the earth? This is stronger in terms of the manifestations of polytheism. And therefore we said, by way of a fortiori reasoning, it is not permissible to place the bier of the dead man in front of the first row, or any row, except for the purpose of praying over him only. As for our praying to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) while the dead man is between our hands, this is prohibited by way of blocking the means to harm, like the prohibition of praying over the grave, meaning over the dead man while he is in his grave. One prays over the grave, I mean, one prays toward the grave. This is not permissible. But here another issue enters, and the hadith, as they say, is complex. It is also prohibited to pray toward the graves, as we mentioned earlier. But there is a prayer where it is permissible to pray toward the dead man while he is in his grave, but it is not the voluntary prayer or the obligatory prayer, rather it is the funeral prayer that the worshipper did not have the opportunity to perform while this funeral was on the surface of the earth. So it was buried, and it did not become easy for some people to pray over him. So these people go to his grave and line up behind the grave and pray over him the prayer for the dead, not the other prayer, whether it was obligatory or voluntary. And at that time, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): is a general text that has been specified. And this is the jurisprudence that a student of knowledge benefits from by gathering the hadiths that come regarding the same topic. So it should not be that the jurisprudence contradicts itself, rather one should keep in mind this principle. A general text: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over the dead man while he was in his grave, so this is a specific text. It is said: Do not pray toward the graves except for the funeral prayer. We combine this with this and we arrive at this result: the prohibition is general, and the funeral prayer over the dead man while he is in his grave is specified from it. Please, Professor.
Abu Malik: Perhaps the answer to this question is sufficient for the answer to the question that follows it, which is the saying ofThe questioner: Is the funeral prayer permissible in the cemetery, and is it permissible for one who did not catch the prayer to pray over the grave? And of course, "over" here means "toward." This is just a tracing of the source.

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.