Praying for the Murdered Person Justly and by his Own Actions: A Comparative Jurisprudential Study

Abstract

This research aimed to clarify and extrapolate what is related to the ruling on the funeral prayer for a person who was justly killed, such as one killed as a retaliator, or one who was stoned, or one who was killed in transgression, or as a bandit, as well as the ruling on the funeral prayer for someone who was killed by his own act intentionally or wrongly. The research followed the inductive, analytical, and deductive approaches, in terms of extrapolating all the details related to the research topic, then analyzing them, and deducing what is related to the research topic. This research consisted of an introduction, a preface, two sections, and a conclusion. The introduction dealt with the importance of the topic, the objectives of the research, its limits, its methodology, and its plan. The preface deals with explaining the terms of the title. The first section revolves around praying for those who were justly killed, and it contains six demands: The first requirement: praying for the second requirement: Praying for the one killed by stoning. The third requirement: Praying for the one killed in combat or blocking the road. The fourth requirement: Praying for the apostate and those like him. The fifth requirement: Praying for the transgressor and the murdered people of transgression. The sixth requirement: Praying for the murdered. Condolences. The second topic revolved around praying for the person killed by his own act, and it contains two requirements: The first requirement: Praying for the person killed by his own act accidentally. The second requirement: Praying for the person killed by his own intentional act. In the conclusion, the most important results and recommendations. The research concluded with a set of results and recommendations, the most prominent of which are: A Muslim who is killed as a result of retaliation, punishment, or condolence should have the funeral prayer performed over him , and likewise a Muslim who kills himself intentionally or accidentally should pray over him, as it is the Sunnah regarding the dead of Muslims, and it is not the Muslim’s killing of himself or what he committed. It is a major sin that prevents one from performing the Sunnah revival of the dead. Because it is a Sunnah that is obligatory for everyone, and whoever performs it waives it for others. The research recommended conducting research related to those killed in terrorist crimes and researching funeral calamities, especially with regard to the dead from epidemics and infectious diseases.