The Funeral of a Sinner (FATWA)


The Funeral of a Sinner (FATWA)

The Question

 

What do the scholars of the religion say in the following issue:

 

Is it permissible or not to have a funeral for such an individual who sometimes prays ṣalāh and sometimes does not?

 

Furthermore, is the funeral of the non-bāligh son of the one who does not pray ṣalāh permissible or not?

 

The Answer

 

Even though one who does not pray ṣalāh is a fāsiq, he is still a Muslim. Also, the ritual bath, shrouding, ṣalāh and burial of his immature child has the same ruling as any other Muslim. It has been stated in a Ḥadīth:

 

صلوا على كل بَرّ وفاجر

Pray upon all righteous and corrupt.

 

Allāh E knows best.


Answered by:


Imām Aḥmad Raḍā Khān V

Shaykh Abdul Samad al-Qadiri

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