What is the ruling on making a condition in the supplication for the deceased in the funeral prayer?
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The questioner : A questioner says: Is it permissible for us, O Shaykh, to make a condition in the supplication for the deceased?
The Shaykh : I mean...
The questioner : That is, in the funeral prayer, one makes a condition.
The Shaykh : Well, first, it must be known that the original state of a Muslim is that he is a Muslim. So if a man or a woman is brought to us to be prayed over, we supplicate for him without a condition, saying: "O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him," and so on, until the end of the known supplication. But if you know a specific person who is negligent in prayer, and you doubt whether he prays or not, then in that case, you may make a condition and say: "O Allah, if he is a Muslim, then forgive him; if he is a Muslim." If Allah knows that he is a Muslim, then this is a supplication in its proper place. And if the Mighty and Majestic knows that he is not a Muslim, then it is also a supplication that is not guaranteed, so it does not harm you.
In summary: If a man or a woman is brought to us to be prayed over, what do we do? We do not make a condition; this is the original state. But if we know a specific person who may be a disbeliever because he is negligent in prayer, and we do not know whether he prays or not, then in that case, we make a condition and say: "O Allah, if he is a believer, or if he is a Muslim, then forgive him." The exception in supplication has come in the Noble Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:6-7] What is it? [An-Nur 24:7] And she says: [An-Nur 24:9] Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, questioner.
The Shaykh : And I mentioned the one who abandons prayer because abandoning prayer, the pure abandonment, is disbelief that takes one out of the religion, even if it is out of laziness. So whoever abandons prayer is a disbeliever; he is not to be married, and his marriage must be annulled. And if he dies, he is not to be washed, shrouded, prayed over, buried with the Muslims, or supplicated for with forgiveness. It is forbidden for his family who know that he prays to present him to the Muslims to pray over him. But as for the one who prays but leaves it occasionally, this is a matter of consideration, and the apparent evidence is that he is not a disbeliever, but he is an open sinner without doubt. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I mean...
The questioner : That is, in the funeral prayer, one makes a condition.
The Shaykh : Well, first, it must be known that the original state of a Muslim is that he is a Muslim. So if a man or a woman is brought to us to be prayed over, we supplicate for him without a condition, saying: "O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him," and so on, until the end of the known supplication. But if you know a specific person who is negligent in prayer, and you doubt whether he prays or not, then in that case, you may make a condition and say: "O Allah, if he is a Muslim, then forgive him; if he is a Muslim." If Allah knows that he is a Muslim, then this is a supplication in its proper place. And if the Mighty and Majestic knows that he is not a Muslim, then it is also a supplication that is not guaranteed, so it does not harm you.
In summary: If a man or a woman is brought to us to be prayed over, what do we do? We do not make a condition; this is the original state. But if we know a specific person who may be a disbeliever because he is negligent in prayer, and we do not know whether he prays or not, then in that case, we make a condition and say: "O Allah, if he is a believer, or if he is a Muslim, then forgive him." The exception in supplication has come in the Noble Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:
(6) And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. (7) And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him
والذين يرمون أزواجكم ولم يكن له شهداء إلا أنفسهم فشهادة أحدهم أربعة شهادات بالله إنه لمن الصادقين والخامسة أن لعنة الله عليهif he should be among the liars.
إن كان من الكاذبينAnd the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful.
والخامسة أن غضب الله عليها إن كان من الصادقينThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good, questioner.
The Shaykh : And I mentioned the one who abandons prayer because abandoning prayer, the pure abandonment, is disbelief that takes one out of the religion, even if it is out of laziness. So whoever abandons prayer is a disbeliever; he is not to be married, and his marriage must be annulled. And if he dies, he is not to be washed, shrouded, prayed over, buried with the Muslims, or supplicated for with forgiveness. It is forbidden for his family who know that he prays to present him to the Muslims to pray over him. But as for the one who prays but leaves it occasionally, this is a matter of consideration, and the apparent evidence is that he is not a disbeliever, but he is an open sinner without doubt. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.