He says: If I enter the mosque and they are praying over a funeral, should I complete the funeral prayer with them, or should I pray the obligatory prayer? Thank you, and may Allah guide you.
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The questioner : He says: If I enter the mosque and they are praying over a funeral, should I complete the funeral prayer with them, or should I pray the obligatory prayer? Thank you, and may Allah guide you?
The Shaykh : We say that you should pray the funeral prayer with them, and then turn to your obligatory prayer. This is because if you pray the obligatory prayer, you will miss the funeral prayer, but if you pray over the funeral, you will not miss the obligatory prayer. Therefore, the preferred course in such a situation is to join them in the funeral prayer, and then, once you have finished it, pray the obligatory prayer. This is because being occupied with the obligatory prayer necessitates missing the funeral prayer, whereas being occupied with the funeral prayer does not necessitate missing the obligatory prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A message has reached us from the sender, Fawzi al-Mutawalli. He says in his question that he is from the Arab Republic of Egypt and resides in al-Aflaj.
The Shaykh : We say that you should pray the funeral prayer with them, and then turn to your obligatory prayer. This is because if you pray the obligatory prayer, you will miss the funeral prayer, but if you pray over the funeral, you will not miss the obligatory prayer. Therefore, the preferred course in such a situation is to join them in the funeral prayer, and then, once you have finished it, pray the obligatory prayer. This is because being occupied with the obligatory prayer necessitates missing the funeral prayer, whereas being occupied with the funeral prayer does not necessitate missing the obligatory prayer.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A message has reached us from the sender, Fawzi al-Mutawalli. He says in his question that he is from the Arab Republic of Egypt and resides in al-Aflaj.