The ruling on praying over an absent deceased
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Question:
This is a questioner for the program, Muhammad Abdullah. He says in the first question: What is the ruling on praying over an absent deceased, given that he has already been prayed over in the country where he died?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement regarding praying over an absent deceased:
Some held that it is specific to the Najashi, and that one does not pray over an absent person; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over absent persons, but rather he prayed specifically over the Najashi.
And some scholars held: that one prays over an absent person if he has a standing in Islam, like the Najashi, among the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the rulers of truth who call to Allah and teach people the religion of Allah, and who have noble stances in supporting the religion, by analogy to the Najashi.
And the matter in this is broad, if Allah wills, and the view: that it is specific to the Najashi is a strong view; because it is not recorded that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over anyone other than the Najashi, and if praying over an absent person were a recommended practice, he would have prayed over many people; because a great number of people died in his time in Makkah and elsewhere, and it is not recorded that he prayed over any of them.
So the safest course is to leave it for an absent person, unless he is a person with a standing in Islam as the Najashi had, in which case there is no harm, if Allah wills, in praying over him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
This is a questioner for the program, Muhammad Abdullah. He says in the first question: What is the ruling on praying over an absent deceased, given that he has already been prayed over in the country where he died?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement regarding praying over an absent deceased:
Some held that it is specific to the Najashi, and that one does not pray over an absent person; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over absent persons, but rather he prayed specifically over the Najashi.
And some scholars held: that one prays over an absent person if he has a standing in Islam, like the Najashi, among the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the rulers of truth who call to Allah and teach people the religion of Allah, and who have noble stances in supporting the religion, by analogy to the Najashi.
And the matter in this is broad, if Allah wills, and the view: that it is specific to the Najashi is a strong view; because it is not recorded that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over anyone other than the Najashi, and if praying over an absent person were a recommended practice, he would have prayed over many people; because a great number of people died in his time in Makkah and elsewhere, and it is not recorded that he prayed over any of them.
So the safest course is to leave it for an absent person, unless he is a person with a standing in Islam as the Najashi had, in which case there is no harm, if Allah wills, in praying over him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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