Women praying over the dead and following funerals

A question on women attending funerals, in which Ibn Baz distinguished praying over the deceased from following the bier to the cemetery. ¹

The questioner said it is established that women are barred from visiting graves, and asked whether they may attend funerals. ¹

Ibn Baz answered that there is no harm in a woman praying over the deceased with the people, noting that women prayed over the Prophet's body. ¹ He said what they are barred from is following the deceased to the cemetery and visiting graves. ¹ He described their praying over the dead together with the people as legitimate. ¹

This answer is published on binbaz.org.sa, the official site of Ibn Baz's legacy, as fatwa 4012. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.