Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Should the deceased be buried with his prosthetic eye implanted?
What is the religious ruling on a wife's will that her husband not attend her funeral?
Is it permissible for a fiancée to break off her engagement to a suitor who refuses to provide her with a legitimate home in her country, and insists on temporary residence in a hotel before traveling to his foreign country, despite his providing a home for his first wife?
What is the difference between a martyr of this world, a martyr of the hereafter, and a martyr of this world and the hereafter?
What is the ruling on relatives, friends, and loved ones paying for funeral expenses on behalf of the deceased?
What is the ruling on offering the funeral prayer inside a chamber while the Imam is inside it to the left of the worshippers?
Is it permissible to dedicate the reward and merit of following a funeral procession, praying over the deceased, and attending the burial to a deceased father, and will it reach him?
Is it permissible to perform Salat al-Gha'ib (funeral prayer in absentia) for someone envious, and is it a condition that he knows about it?
Is it permissible in Islamic Sharia to bury a body without the brain, or must one wait until the police investigation is complete and the body is delivered in its entirety?
Should I continue supplicating for the deceased after reciting Al-Fatihah in the funeral prayer if the Imam delays the second Takbir, relying on the opinion of the Malikis, or should I wait for the Takbir?
Do we incur sin if innovations occur, such as announcing a death by loudspeaker, reciting Al-Fatiha collectively, reciting the Qur'an collectively, performing eulogies, lamenting, purchasing luxurious foods, boasting about burial rituals, and building over the grave during the funeral, burial, or mourning, even though we disapprove and know that the deceased would not approve, while these are the beliefs of the townspeople? And what should we do about that?
What is the ruling on the funeral prayer if the Imam makes the Taslim after forgetting the fourth Takbir, and what is the ruling on the prayer of those praying behind him?
Does a solitary worshiper and an Imam make the salutation to the right only, or to the right and left at the end of the prayer?
Is the funeral prayer obligatory for a Muslim who died more than 15 years ago and whose family did not pray over him due to an oversight?
Is it permissible to recite the morning and evening adhkar in the plural form to generalize the benefit?
Do the Imam and the congregants raise their hands and say the extra takbeers aloud in the Eid and Janazah prayers?
Is the Istiftah Du'a (the opening supplication) recited in Tarawih prayer after every Takbir or once at the beginning of the first two Rak'ahs?
Is the funeral prayer valid if the Imam prays with the bier behind him due to lack of space?
How is the Absentee Funeral Prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) performed?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man married to a non-Muslim woman to cover the funeral expenses of her deceased non-Muslim grandfather, knowing that there is no one else to pay, and otherwise his body will be cremated?
What is the ruling on the funeral prayer?
Which is better: remaining with the Quran students or attending the funeral, given that the times of funerals often coincide with teaching times?
Is it true that a funeral prayer attended by more than forty people guarantees the deceased's entry into Paradise?
Which is better: the virtue of prayer over the deceased or the virtue of the first row?