Some people think that Muslim women are not allowed to perform the Funeral Prayer. There is no basis for this belief. Both Muslim men and women are urged to perform Funeral Prayer for those among them who die.
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states: “It is in the apartment of Aishah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) breathed his last, and it is there that he was buried. The procedure was described thus in a report by Ibn `Abbas: “When the body of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was prepared for burial by bathing and shrouding, it was placed on a bed. (Since the room was too small to accommodate the throngs of people, they entered in small groups): First groups of men entered and performed Funeral Prayer; they were followed by groups of women who likewise prayed; then children entered and prayed.” The above report of Ibn `Abbas has also been confirmed by similar reports from other Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The reports make it abundantly clear that women did participate in the funeral of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) along with men.”