Should the prayer for the deceased by led by his heir or by the regular imaam (of the mosque)?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
The funeral prayer in the mosque should be led by the regular imaam.
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Source:
Kitaab Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), vol. 13, p. 137
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