And if he dies while still in that state, having never repented, no funeral prayer is to be offered for him, because he is not a Muslim. The funeral prayer is only for a Muslim; as for the unbeliever, no prayer is performed over him, he is not buried in Muslim cemeteries, and Muslims are not to attend to his burial—rather, his non-Muslim relatives must see to his affairs.
Prayer Times
Question: We are Iraqis living in Poland. Here we do not know the exact prayer times. What should we do? May we estimate the times so that we can perform the obligatory prayers within their appointed periods? It may even be that we have already prayed some prayers outside their proper times—what is the ruling on that?
Answer: Allah, exalted is He, has fixed the times of the five prayers, and His Messenger ﷺ explained them both in word and in deed. These limits are clear and can be recognized by the layman and the learned, the city-dweller and the Bedouin—indeed, by every Muslim. The time for Fajr begins at true dawn; the time for Ẓuhr begins when the sun passes its zenith toward the west; the time for ʿAṣr starts when an object’s shadow is equal to its height; the time for Maghrib is obvious—it is at sunset; and the time for the last night prayer, ʿIshāʾ, begins when the red twilight disappears. These are unmistakable times that can be known, and the Muslim is obligated to keep to them. Allah the Most High says: “Establish the prayer from the sun’s decline until the darkness of night, and (recite) the Qur’an of dawn—indeed, the Qur’an of dawn is ever witnessed” (al-Isrāʾ 17:78). He also says: “So glorify Allah when you reach the evening and when you rise in the morning; and to Him be praise in the heavens and the earth—at nightfall and when you are at midday” (al-Rūm 30:17-18). And the Prophet