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Should one pray over a Muslim who died while neither praying nor fasting?

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Scholars have differed concerning one who neither prays nor fasts: whether this constitutes apostasy or not. The preponderant opinion, in our view, is that it does constitute apostasy. Therefore, if such a person dies, no funeral prayer should be offered for them, nor should they be buried in Muslim cemeteries.

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