Ruling on the Janaazah prayer if a group of deceased Muslims are mixed with non-Muslims
There was a Muslim funeral that included non-Muslims (among the dead) and it was impossible to distinguish between them, as it happened during the floods that struck the south Philippines, as the dead were piled on top of one another. Without a doubt, there were Muslims who died therein, so are they prayed over and how is that accomplished?
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It is well-known that it is not permissible to pray the Janaazah (funeral prayer) over a disbeliever, as Allaah The Exalted Says (what means): { If the corpses of Muslims are mixed with those of the disbelievers, and it is impossible to distinguish between them, by seeing who was circumcised or otherwise, then the scholars have different opinions about this issue. Some of them said: If it is known that the number of Muslims is more, then the prayer is made over them with the intention of praying for the Muslims, but if the number of disbelievers is more, then the prayer is not made. This is the opinion of the Hanafis. The Shafi‘is, Maalikis and Hanbalis went with the opinion that the prayer is made over all of them but with the intention of only praying over the Muslims, and that they are specified in the Du‘aa’ [supplication], e.g., " If there are dead Muslims mixed with dead non-Muslims and it is not possible to distinguish between them, the prayer is made over all of them with the intention of praying over the Muslims. As for the way that the prayer is performed, the Hanbali scholar The Shaafi‘i scholar Allaah Knows best.
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