Forbidden times to bury the deceased

Reference: Fataawa li Ahlil-Mayyit – Question 18, Page 22
Fataawa Islaamiyyah – Volume 2, Page 28

Question: Is it permissible to perform the funeral prayer over the deceased during the forbidden times?

Response: It is permissible to perform the funeral prayer over the deceased during the long forbidden times, such as after Salaat al-‘Asr and after Salaat al-Fajr.

However, it is not permissible during the short forbidden times, such as:

  1. whilst the sun is setting, until it sets, and
  2. whilst it is rising until it reaches the length of a spear, and [also]
  3. while the sun is directly above [causing no shadow], until this passes.

So it is not permissible to bury the deceased during these times.

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.

Related posts