Is it permissible for the family of a deceased person who did not pray to pray for him at every obligatory prayer twice; once for themselves and once for the deceased?
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If someone who abandoned prayer died, and they were denying its obligation, then they are an apostate disbeliever by consensus. However, if they abandoned it out of laziness:
They do not disbelieve according to Abu Hanifa, Malik, and Al-Shafi'i, but they are imprisoned until they pray (Abu Hanifa) or executed as a Hadd punishment unless they pray (Malik and Al-Shafi'i). The well-known position of Ahmad's is that they disbelieve and are executed for apostasy.
It is not permissible to make up prayers on behalf of the deceased.
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