Is it permissible to offer the funeral prayer (Salat al-Janazah) over the grave of the deceased?
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If the deceased is buried without a prayer, it is permissible to pray over them for up to a month, according to most scholars. However, if the prayer was performed before burial, the prayer is not to be repeated a second time, according to Malik and Abu Hanifa.
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