Is it permissible to offer the funeral prayer for the insane: the mentally deranged?
The insane person, if judged to be Muslim, is treated in the rulings of the funeral prayer like other Muslims. So, it is obligatory to wash him, shroud him, and pray over him. This is due to the generality of the evidence that obligates the funeral prayer for every deceased Muslim.
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