So these reports and those similar to them which have come with the same meaning, it is possible that what is meant by them is that it is not permissible to pray over the buried one, after a day and a night have passed over him. It is not meant that it is not permissible to pray over him immediately, or an hour later, or on that same day. And if this interpretation is possible, then there is no contradiction between them and the earlier reports. But if they are not interpreted in this manner, then we would be compelled to reject those traditions altogether, and this is not permissible. It is also possible that what is meant by the earlier reports which included the permissibility of praying over the deceased after burial, is that what was intended by them was supplication (du‘a) for him, not the specific ritual prayer (salat) because supplication is called salat in the language. What we have mentioned is further clarified by what was narrated:
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