Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who does not obligate the recitation of Al-Fatiha, as he follows the Hanafi school of thought, while the worshipper considers it obligatory, being a follower of the Shafi'i school? Is there any issue in differing from the imam regarding the number of salutations in the funeral prayer? And is it obligatory for the worshipper to follow his own madhhab or the madhhab of the imam?
What is the meaning of hastening the funeral procession?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on repeatedly performing the funeral prayer for a single deceased person by different groups at separate times, and what is the permissible duration for delaying the burial in this case?
Is it legislated to supplicate for the deceased after the fourth Takbir?
How does one who missed the first takbeer of the funeral prayer make it up?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who prayed over a Janazah (funeral) and the Imam said three Takbirat, forgetting the fourth Takbira?
Should we pray over a deceased woman found in India when there is no indication whether she was Muslim or non-Muslim?
What should the questioner do regarding his friend who claims to love prayer but abandons it for long periods and does not respond to advice?
What is the ruling on offering the funeral prayer (Salat al-Janazah) after the Asr prayer for someone who missed the congregational Asr prayer? And is the funeral prayer accepted from someone who missed the Asr prayer in the mosque and at home and feared missing the funeral prayer? And is it a condition to offer only one funeral prayer per day, or is it permissible to offer more than one funeral prayer that occurred on the same day?
Are those who drowned on the ferry considered martyrs, and how is the funeral prayer performed for those whose bodies have not been found?
Is the imam's saying before the funeral prayer: "The funeral prayer is four takbeers for those deceased Muslims present; after the first takbeer we recite Al-Fatiha, after the second we recite half of the tashahhud, after the third we supplicate for the deceased, and after the fourth we supplicate for Muslims, living and dead, then we make the tasleem, God willing" considered an innovation (bid'ah) because it is not from the Sunnah?
What is the ruling on one who dies bearing witness that there is no god but Allah and establishing prayer, but did not give zakat and was not pleased with it? Is the funeral prayer to be offered over him?
What is the ruling on a severed limb from a Muslim's body, and is it to be buried in Muslim cemeteries?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who believes that saints have the˹power of˺ disposal to harm and benefit, and is it permissible to seek forgiveness for them after their death?
Is it permissible to close the Friday mosque and pray in another for the sake of the funeral prayer?
What kind of eulogy is permissible for the deceased? Is it forbidden to announce a person's death in the mosque?
What is the ruling on someone who caught up with the Imam for one takbir of the funeral prayer and missed three takbirs, and what is required of him to do?
What must the deceased's relatives do upon his death, and what is Islamically correct in this situation, with evidence, to avoid falling into innovation or error?
Should the funeral prayer be led by the deceased's guardian or the resident Imam?
Does the reward for attending a funeral prayer and accompanying the bier reach the deceased if that is intended for him?
Should one interrupt a supererogatory prayer or a voluntary circumambulation to pray over a deceased person?
Is the reward for a funeral prayer multiplied if there are multiple funeral prayers at the same time?
Is it permissible to be absent from a funeral prayer due to exams and the distant location of the burial, and how can I avoid the punishment for that, and is the prayer of al-Wahsha (solitude) that is offered for the deceased on the night of burial valid?
Is it permissible to perform the call to prayer (adhan) at the grave after burying the deceased?