Performing the janaazah prayer in the graveyard after burial

Reference: Liqaa.aat al-Baab al-Maftooh – Volume 1, Page 25, Number 35

Question: If the deceased has been buried in the grave, is it permissible to pray [the janaazah prayer] over him?

Response: If the deceased has been buried in the grave, it is permissible to pray over him. And the evidence for this is that the Prophet ﷺ went out to the graveyard and prayed over the grave of the woman who used to sweep the masjid, and who had died and the Prophet ﷺ did not know about this.

He is a graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having graduated from the Institute of Arabic Language, and later the Faculty of Sharee'ah in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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