his confusion, so his confusion does not necessitate rejecting what he narrated before the confusion." As for this, the best way to reconcile the aforementioned point is that the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah indicates the permissibility of performing the funeral prayer in the mosque, and the ḥadīth of Ṣāliḥ does not contradict this, as it does not deny the reward for the funeral prayer altogether, but rather denies a specific reward for performing it in the mosque. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Sindī, may Allāh have mercy on him, said: "The ḥadīth clarifies that the funeral prayer in the mosque does not have a reward due to it being in the mosque, as is the case with the obligatory prayers. The reward for the essence of the prayer remains, and the ḥadīth serves to negate the reward that might be assumed due to it being in the mosque. Thus, the ḥadīth indicates the permissibility of the prayer in the mosque without it having any additional virtue over being performed outside. This possibility should be considered to avoid contradiction and to reconcile the evidence as much as possible. Based on this, the statement that it is disliked to pray in the mosque is problematic. Yes, it should be considered preferable to pray outside the mosque, based on the fact that it was more common for him (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) to pray outside the mosque, and his praying in the mosque occurred once or twice. And Allāh knows best." I said: With this reconciliation, the ḥadīth of the chapter aligns with the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah in terms of both indicating the permissibility of praying in the mosque. As for the preference for praying outside the mosque, this is something that cannot be doubted by anyone free from bias and sectarian fanaticism, due to the established fact that this was predominant in his guidance (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) as I have explained in "Aḥkām al-Janāʾiz" (pp. 106-107). Therefore, after this clarification, there is no regard for Ibn Ḥibbān's statement in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" (1/366): "This is a false report. How could the Chosen One (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) inform that the one praying over the funeral has no reward, then he himself (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) prays over Suhayl ibn al-Bayḍāʾ in the mosque?" (Note): al-Zaylaʿī mentioned that Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated the ḥadīth in his "Muṣannaf" with the wording: "He has no prayer"!