{"_id":"66fd7ce8928b902b953d7d4e","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it permissible for Masajid to pray Salatul Janazah for the deceased despite the body not being present?\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Our brother in Islam Marcellus Williams was executed. And may the hearts of those complicit quake. Is it permissible for the Masajid to pray Salatul Janazah for him despite the body not being present?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"May Allah ﷻ shower him with mercy.\\n\\nIt is permissible, according to the Shafi school, for those who were eligible to pray janaza at the time of death to pray janaza upon the deceased who is absent. An eligible person is anyone who was adult, sane, and free from menstruation or post-natal bleeding. The other condition is that the body must have already been washed. If we are uncertain about that, then an educated assumption in acceptable. The prayer can be offered individually or in congregation, in the masjid or at home. This ruling is based on the hadith where the Prophet ﷺ led the funeral prayer for the Negus while in Madinah, as recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff30b76658b4c232a12","tag":"Death: Janazah","count":14}],"createdOn":"2024-10-02T17:03:36.464Z"}