Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is it permissible to perform the funeral prayer for someone who was born a Muslim and was known to be a communist, in the following cases: if he denied the existence of God; or if he denied Islam and the prophethood of our master Muhammad (peace be upon him) while believing in God; or if he believed in communism as an economic system while believing in God, His Messenger, and Islam?
Is it permissible to marry before the elder sister, and is there any offense to her in that?
Is it permissible to raise one's hands during supplication for the deceased immediately after their burial?
Is it obligatory to blame or sin those who are able but did not purchase legitimate graves for burying their dead? And upon whom does the sin fall, the deceased or those who bury them?
What should I do now concerning the fetus that my wife miscarried in the fifth month, which remained alive for five hours then died, and was neither washed nor prayed over, and was buried in an unknown location? And do I bear a sin because of that?
What is the ruling on someone who comes late to the mosque and finds a funeral prayer; should he pray the Dhuhr that he missed, or should he pray the funeral prayer first?
What is the ruling on the following: - The Imam's saying "By the secret of Al-Fatiha" and reciting Al-Fatiha aloud after supplicating for the deceased in the funeral prayer? - Saying "Lā ilāha illallāh, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh" aloud collectively when carrying the bier to the graveyard? - Saying "By the secret of Al-Fatiha" and reciting Al-Fatiha aloud after supplicating for the deceased at the time of burial? And is it better to be in front of the bier or behind it when accompanying the funeral procession to the graveyard? And is it permissible to recite the Quran in the graveyard at the grave?
Is it permissible to delay the funeral prayer for the deceased, who was prepared after Dhuhr, until the Asr prayer, given the dislike of praying and burying after Asr, under the pretext of increasing the number of congregants, or should the prayer be offered as soon as the body is prepared?
Why is the deceased not prayed over inside the mosque?
Is it obligatory to inform the government about a passport that entered illegally, and what is one's duty towards a father's grave after burying him in cemeteries known for grave desecration and selling the deceased?
My brother is a drug addict, and I don't want to bury him in my grave?
Is the funeral prayer given precedence over the Sunnah of Dhuhr based on the priority of the obligatory over the supererogatory and the Hadith "Three things are not to be delayed"?
What is the ruling on the Funeral Prayer without Surat Al-Fatiha?
Is it permissible in the funeral prayer to say, "O Allah, if he was among those who testified to Your Oneness and to Your Prophet’s prophethood, and died upon that," before supplicating for the deceased?
Is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) from home for those who died alone due to the coronavirus pandemic after their burial?
How accurate is the statement that Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) did not pray over Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman upon their deaths, and that he does not pray over hypocrites? And how can one respond to this misconception related to Hudhayfah's hadith, which indicates a tribulation that will befall Muslims, causing them to pray secretly?
When is the funeral prayer performed before transferring the deceased for burial in his hometown?
Must the heirs pay a debt to a person who delayed claiming it after he knew of the deceased's death and attended the funeral, especially since some of the heirs have exhausted their share of the inheritance, and some inherited from a father who died after his son, the deceased?
Is it permissible to attend the funeral of one who died due to addiction?
Is it permissible to take out a new loan from the British bank HSBC to deposit it in an Islamic bank in the country, in order to benefit from the difference in returns, and thereby compensate for a portion of a previous loss in the value of a loan due to exchange rate fluctuations?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to offer condolences to a non-Muslim, visit their grave, and participate in their burial?
Is the funeral prayer performed for someone lost at sea after a judge has ruled them deceased?
Is prayer obligatory for a fetus that was miscarried in the fifth month and had a pulse, and is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer for it?
Is it permissible for the debtor to deduct what he spent on the creditor's funeral from the principal debt when returning it to the deceased's family?