What is the ruling on performing the funerary prayer for an absent person or prayer over an already buried grave during the prohibited times?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Funerals
Primary text
It is not permissible to perform the funerary prayer for an absent person (Salat al-Gha'ib) or prayer over an existing grave during any of the prohibited times. The justification (illah) for permitting the funerary prayer for the present deceased is concern for that deceased; since that concern is absent here, the ruling reverts to the fundamental prohibition, and the general prohibition is acted upon.