What is the manner of prayer for one who joins late in the funeral prayer?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, how is it performed?
The Shaykh : Repeat, repeat.
The questioner : Your Eminence, how is it performed?
The Shaykh : This is the third one.
The questioner : How does one who joins late perform the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, one who joins late in the funeral prayer means he enters with the imam and has missed some of the takbirs. I do not know of any sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this. But the scholars exercised independent legal reasoning and said that if he fears the funeral will be lifted, he has two options: either to say the closing salam with the imam, or to continue the takbirs and say the salam before it is lifted. As for if he is safe from the funeral being lifted, let him complete what he missed. Yes. Now, in the custom of people, does a person fear the funeral being lifted? Yes, because the funeral is lifted as soon as the imam finishes. And based on this, we say to the one who joins late: you have a choice. If you wish, say the salam with the imam, because the collective obligation has been fulfilled. And if you wish, continue the takbirs: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, and then say the salam.
The student: Without recitation?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Repeat, repeat.
The questioner : Your Eminence, how is it performed?
The Shaykh : This is the third one.
The questioner : How does one who joins late perform the funeral prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, one who joins late in the funeral prayer means he enters with the imam and has missed some of the takbirs. I do not know of any sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this. But the scholars exercised independent legal reasoning and said that if he fears the funeral will be lifted, he has two options: either to say the closing salam with the imam, or to continue the takbirs and say the salam before it is lifted. As for if he is safe from the funeral being lifted, let him complete what he missed. Yes. Now, in the custom of people, does a person fear the funeral being lifted? Yes, because the funeral is lifted as soon as the imam finishes. And based on this, we say to the one who joins late: you have a choice. If you wish, say the salam with the imam, because the collective obligation has been fulfilled. And if you wish, continue the takbirs: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, and then say the salam.
The student: Without recitation?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.