Section : A Larger Number is Much Preferred. A larger gathering of people for the funeral prayer is preferable, as is reported by ‘Aishah who said: “The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, ‘If a Muslim dies and his funeral…
Section : Arriving Late for Funeral Prayer. A person who misses a part of a funeral prayer should make up the missed takbirs – making them consecutively. This is preferable, but if he cannot do it there is no harm.…
Section : Persons for Whom Funeral Prayer is to be Offered. There is a consensus among the jurists that funeral prayer is offered for all Muslims, male or female, and young or old. Ibn Al-Munzhir said: “The scholars are in…
Section : Funeral Prayer for an Aborted Child. A miscarried fetus, less than four months old, may not be washed, nor may a funeral prayer be offered for it. It should be wrapped in a piece of cloth and buried.…
Section : Funeral Prayer for a Martyr. A martyr is one who is killed in a battlefield fighting the enemies of Islam. All the hadith on this subject are quite explicit that no funeral prayer may be offered for a…
Section : A Person Surviving a Battle but later Dying of Wounds. If one is wounded in a battle, but survives, remains in a stable condition for a while, and then dies, he should be washed, and a funeral prayer…
Section : Funeral Prayer for a Person Sentenced to Death for a Crime. Anyone sentenced to death by an Islamic court is to be washed and a funeral prayer should be offered for him. This is based on a report…
Section : Funeral Prayer for those Guilty of Embezzlement, Suicide, or Some Other Sins. The majority of Muslim scholars are of the opinion that a funeral prayer may be offered for a person who is convicted of embezzlement of public…
Section : Funeral Prayer for a Non-believer. A Muslim may not pray for a non-believer, for Allah says: “Nor do you ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave, for they rejected Allah and His…
Section : Funeral Prayer on a Grave. It is permissible to offer funeral prayer for a deceased anytime after his burial, even if a prayer was offered prior to his burial. As mentioned above, the Prophet, peace be upon him,…
Section : Funeral Prayer for an Absentee and for a Person who has Disappeared. Offering a funeral prayer for an absent person in another city is permissible, whether the city is near or far. In such a case those offering…
Section : Offering Funeral Prayer in a Mosque. There is no harm in offering funeral prayer in a mosque, if there is no danger of it becoming unclean. This is based on a narration of Muslim from ‘Aishah who said:…
Section : Funeral Prayer in the Graveyard. A majority of jurists disapprove of offering funeral prayer in a graveyard. This is the view of ‘Ali, Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr, and Ibn ‘Abbas, and also of ‘Ata, An-Nakh’i, Ash-Shafi’i, Ishaq, and Ibn…
Section : Women are Permitted to Offer Funeral Prayers. A woman, like a man, may offer a funeral prayer, singly or in a congregation. In fact, once when Umm ‘Abdallah offered funeral prayer for ‘Utbah, ‘Umar waited until she finished.…
Section : The Most Worthy Person to Lead a Funeral Prayer. Jurists differ as to the most worthy person to lead a funeral prayer. Some said: “The most appropriate person is the legal guardian of the deceased, then the (Muslim)…