{"id":1926,"date":"2025-09-27T21:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:39:47","slug":"should-we-not-offer-janazah-for-someone-who-never-prayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=1926","title":{"rendered":"Should We Not Offer Janazah for Someone Who Never Prayed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #993300\"><strong>Janazah for Someone Who Never Prayed?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Question:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Should we not offer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/guide-to-prayer\/nafl-prayers\/funeral-prayer\/\">Funeral Prayer<\/a> (<em>salat al-janazah<\/em>) for someone who never prayed during his life?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of Allah, we praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Attending the funeral of a Muslim, i.e., washing him or shrouding him or offering the prayer for him or burying him, is a communal obligation; if there is someone among the Muslims who can do that, then it becomes preferable for you and not obligatory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">There is no <em>hadith<\/em> that explicitly states that a <em>janazah<\/em> should not be prayed over someone who never prayed. This question usually arises because of the <em>hadith<\/em> that the difference between a believer and a disbeliever is the abandonment of Prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">If we witness someone leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmuslim.net\/abcs-of-islam\/pillars-of-islam\/the-story-of-salah-or-prayer-and-how-to-perform-it\/\">Prayer<\/a> entirely, the last thing we should do is to judge him or her as Muslim or not. Rather, we should advice, assist and encourage them to pray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">For more information about such ruling, watch this short talk with Sheikh Navaid Aziz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Faithiq Youtube Channel.\u00a0<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/should-we-not-offer-janazah-for-someone-who-never-prayed\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling of not offering janazah (Funeral prayer) for someone who did not pray? 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