The Ruling on attending the Funerals of the Disbelievers

 

 

Question : What is the ruling of Allah regarding attending funerals of the disbelievers which has become a political tradition and an agreed upon custom?

 

 

Answer:  If there are among the disbelievers those who bury their dead, it is not (allowed) for the Muslims to support or participate with or assist the disbelievers in their burial. Also, they should not be courteous to them in their funeral processions. For verily, this is not known from Messenger of Allah Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã or the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. Rather, Allah Prohibited His Messenger Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã  from standing over the grave of Abdullah ibn Ubayy bin Salul, and the reason for that was his disbelief. Allah said:

 

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"And never pray over any of them who has died, nor stand over his grave. Verily they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were Fasisqun (wrong doers, sinners, transgressors, etc.). "

 

However, if there is not anyone among them to bury their deceased, the Muslims may bury him just as the Prophet Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã  did with the people who were killed at the battle of Badr.