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Some of the scholars have said: The Prophet ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for him<br />
because he was hiding his faith from his people. So when he died, there was no one to<br />
offer the funeral prayer for him (in Abyssinia). This is why the Prophet ﷺ prayed for<br />
him (in absentia).<br />
They also said: If the funeral prayer was already offered for a person in his town, then it<br />
is not legislated to offer it in another town (in absentia). This is why no funeral prayer<br />
was offered for the Prophet ﷺ except in Madeenah, neither the people of Makkah<br />
nor of any other place offered (in absentia). Similarly, when Abu Bakr, `Umar,<br />
`Uthmaan or any other Companions died, it is not narrated that funeral prayer in<br />
absentia was offered for them, except for the funeral prayers in the town in which they<br />
died. And <strong>Al</strong>laah knows best. 256<br />
[Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee’s addendum]<br />
Narrated `Umair Ibn Is-ḥaaq: Ja`far رضيُاهللُعنه said to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah :ﷺ “O<br />
Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah! Give me permission to migrate to a land where I can worship<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah alone without fearing anyone (from the creation).” So he was granted<br />
permission and he went towards al-Najaashee.<br />
`Umair then said: `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ (after embracing Islaam) informed him: “When I saw<br />
that Ja`far and his associates were enjoying peace and safety in Abyssinia, I became<br />
envious and thought of bringing him and his associates back (to Makkah). So I went to<br />
al-Najaashee’s (place) and said: ‘<strong>Al</strong>low permission for `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ (meaning<br />
himself) to enter.’ When I was allowed to enter, I said: ‘In our land (i.e. Makkah), we<br />
have a cousin of this man who claims that people have no Ilaah (god worthy of being<br />
256 [TN: Regarding funeral prayer in absentia, Shaikh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣaaleh al-`Uthaymeen رمحهُاهلل said: The most<br />
correct scholarly view is that offering the funeral prayer in absentia is not prescribed except when the funeral<br />
prayer has not been offered for the deceased, such as when a person dies in a Kaafir land and no one offers the<br />
funeral prayer for him, because it is obligatory to offer the funeral prayer. As for those for whom the funeral<br />
prayer has been offered, the correct view is that it is not prescribed to offer the funeral prayer for them, i.e., in<br />
absentia, because that was not narrated in the Sunnah except in the case of the al-Najaashee, because the<br />
funeral prayer was not offered for al-Najaashee in his own country. Hence the Prophet ﷺ offered the funeral<br />
prayer for him in Madeenah. Other great men and leaders died but there is no report that he ﷺ offered the<br />
funeral prayer for them.<br />
Some of the scholars said: Whoever has benefited Islam by means of his wealth or knowledge, then funeral<br />
prayer may be offered for him in absentia, but if that is not the case then the funeral prayer should not be<br />
offered. Some scholars said that the funeral prayer may be offered in absentia in all cases, but this is the weakest<br />
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