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Is it permissible to pray over all the deceased in the village—including those who did not pray and disbelievers—to avoid discord and for the sake of calling people to Allah?

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The ruling on praying over a person who abandons prayer depends on the scholarly difference of opinion regarding their disbelief (kufr). Whoever considers them a disbeliever does not pray over them, and whoever does not consider them a disbeliever sees no harm in praying over them, with a preference not to pray over them as a punishment for them and a deterrent for others.

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