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Offering Funeral prayer while not being present at the funeral

Posted by on Dec 27, 2011 in Featured, Jana'iz and Janazah | 2 comments

Question:

Assalamu Alaikum

I am Sri Lankan living in Toronto, Canada. We have our own Masjid in Toronto. We do pray Gha’ib Janaza prayers for Janazas happening in Sri Lanka or any where else in the world. A question has been raised often about the authenticity of this practice, can you please clarify and let us know any Sharia proof for this practice.

JazakAllah khayran

 

Answer:

Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,

In both Bukhari v. 1, p. 318 and Muslim v. 7, p. 21, the Prophet Muhammad performed the funeral prayer for the Ethiopian king, Najashi (rahmatullah ‘alayh). Based on this, the Shafi’is ruled that the funeral prayer may be performed for one absent from the country [balad], as the Prophet Muhammad was in Hejaz and Najashi in Ethiopia when it took place. (Sharh al-Muhadhdhab v. 5, p. 251-53)

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