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Is it permissible for women to pray the funeral prayer in congregation if there is no sane male available?

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If only women are present for the funeral, they are obligated to carry out all necessary procedures, including washing, shrouding, praying over, and burying the deceased. If the deceased is a woman or a mahram (unmarriageable kin) man, they should perform the ritual washing. If the deceased is a non-mahram man, they should perform tayammum (dry ablution) for him, as mentioned by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Maliki in "Ar-Risala."

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