Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
What is the ruling on traveling to perform 'Umrah and enroll in university while my father is on his deathbed, knowing that my siblings will take care of him?
Is it permissible for the same congregants to repeat the prayer for the deceased?
Who was the first of the kings of Persia to embrace Islam?
3- Which rows are best for the Funeral Prayer?
What is the ruling on someone who enters the mosque with the intention of performing a fard (obligatory) prayer, then it becomes clear to him that it is a funeral prayer? Should he change his intention and pray the funeral prayer, then the fard prayer? And should he join the funeral prayer if he has not yet performed the fard prayer?
Is it permissible to pray over the deceased and delay the burial until the following day due to legal procedures?
Is it permissible to supplicate for the deceased, after the third Takbir in the funeral prayer, with what the worshiper deems good for them, due to not memorizing the recommended supplications?
Are funeral rites performed for the mentally challenged in the same way they are performed for those who are accountable (mukallaf)?
What is the name of the first person over whom the Funeral Prayer (Salat al-Janazah) was performed?
Is it permissible for a congregant to differ with the imam in a jurisprudential school of thought, such as in the funeral prayer where the imam believes in two salutations while the congregant believes in one salutation, and does this contradict the hadith: "Indeed, the Imam was appointed to be followed"?
Is it permissible to supplicate for the deceased before the funeral prayer, and what are the deeds that benefit the deceased in the afterlife?
Did our mother Aisha, may God be pleased with her, die, or was she killed by Muawiyah?
Are the claims that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab beat Abu Hurayrah and accused him of lying, and that 'A'ishah accused Abu Hurayrah of fabricating hadiths, true claims with sources?
Is it possible to say, based on the premise that obligatory deeds are better in the sight of Allah and that the reward for praying over the deceased and burying them is a Qirat, that the reward for any obligatory deed is greater than a Qirat? And is the reward for returning a greeting greater than a Qirat?
Are there any hadiths reported regarding covering the bier of a deceased male and not covering the bier of a deceased female when carrying the funeral procession?
What is the ruling on praying in a funeral prayer area (musalla al-jana'iz) that has temporarily replaced a demolished mosque, and what becomes the ruling on this prayer area after the worshipers return to the original mosque, and does it permanently take on the ruling of a mosque?
1. Was it forbidden to fold the trousers or the lower garment? 2. Is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) for the earthquake victims? 3. Is it permissible to raise the hands when saying "Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe..." and is it permissible to raise them at every prayer?
Does the reward for the funeral prayer, which is one qirāt, double to become ten qirāṭs, and the reward for following the funeral procession become another ten qirāṭs, or is the total reward for both praying over it and following it only two qirāṭs?
Does the funeral prayer differ between a man and a woman?
Is it a prerequisite to confirm that the deceased has been washed and shrouded in order to offer the funeral prayer for him while he is absent in another country, or is it permissible to pray for him merely upon confirming his death?
Is the mother of the questioner and his brother obliged to pay rent to the remaining heirs for their residence in the building of their deceased father?
What is the ruling on announcing deaths via loudspeakers in mosques, and what is the correct way to make such an announcement?
Is the funeral prayer four rak'ahs without bowing or prostrating, or is it one rak'ah with four takbeers? And what is the evidence for that?
What is the ruling on the call to prayer (adhan) for the deceased at burial?