Purity: Can One Unqualified for Congregational Prayer Lead Funeral Prayers?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Can One Unqualified for Congregational Prayer Lead Funeral Prayers?
English:
Question #247:
Is it valid for a person who does not meet the conditions for leading a congregational prayer to lead the people in the prayers offered over the body of a deceased believer?
Answer #247:
It is not remote that the conditions considered essential for imam and the congregation in other prayers are not necessary in the prayer over the deceased, though they may be also observed, as a caution, in prayer over the deceased.