Repeating the funeral prayer

A question on repeating the funeral prayer, in which Ibn Baz answered that there is no harm in it when one comes upon a group praying over the deceased. ¹

The questioner asked whether the funeral prayer may be repeated. ¹

Ibn Baz answered that if someone has prayed over the deceased and then comes upon people praying over him at the grave and joins them, there is no harm in it. ¹ He compared it to repeating an obligatory prayer, as when someone who has already prayed comes to another mosque for some need or to attend a lesson while the people are praying, and prays with them. ¹ He said repeating for a legitimate reason is acceptable. ¹

This answer is published on binbaz.org.sa, the official site of Ibn Baz's legacy, as fatwa 4007. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.