If a man dies after the midday prayer, is it permissible to delay the funeral prayer until the afternoon prayer so that the people can gather, or does it mean that one should hasten in accordance with the known texts?

The questioner : ... the known iqamah (second call to prayer).
The Shaykh: And we do not know of anything else, O 'Asim.

The questioner: Do you mean with one rak'ah (unit of prayer)?

The Shaykh: With one rak'ah, and this is an unknown sunnah (recommended practice). Bring it, let us see, O Husayn.
Al-'Awaisah: If a man dies after the midday prayer, is it permissible to delay the funeral prayer until the afternoon prayer so that the people can gather, or does it mean that one should hasten in accordance with the known texts?

The Shaykh: One should.
Al-'Awaisah: Even if, for example, it is an hour or half an hour until the afternoon prayer?

The Shaykh: The important thing is that it is not permissible to intend to delay it. If it is a righteous funeral, you are bringing good to him; and if, may Allah forbid, it is a wicked one, you are removing evil from your necks.

The questioner: The best thing is that one hundred or two hundred people pray for him and wait half an hour; that is better for the deceased.

The Shaykh: Better than what?

The questioner: He gains supplication.

The Shaykh: I know, I know, but define the distance for me so that I can answer you.

The questioner: Half an hour.

The Shaykh: And why not three-quarters of an hour? No harm. Why not an hour? Why not a day or two, as people do?

The questioner: Most of them keep waiting until the time comes so they can pray over him and gain the supplication of the praying people.

The Shaykh: They do not wait a day or two for people to gather from the far corners of the land.