Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to participate with men in the funeral prayer?
Is it a condition for receiving the reward of a qirat to walk with the funeral procession from the house to the prayer area and then pray over it?
Is the reward of a qirat for the number of funeral prayers offered, or for the number of prayers performed?
What is the ruling on raising the hands while saying the takbir in the funeral prayer?
Is it permissible for a man to bury his deceased wife, and is it reported that the Noble Messenger buried one of his wives?
Is the funeral prayer valid when disturbance and distraction occur during the recitation of Al-Fatiha due to someone nearby raising their voice, knowing that the Imam's recitation suffices for those praying behind him? And does this apply to Allah's saying: "So fear Allah as much as you are able"?
Is it a condition to accompany the funeral procession from its home to the mosque to obtain the first Qirat of reward? Is the reward for praying over a child equal to the reward for praying over an adult? And is the reward for praying over a single funeral equal to praying over more than one funeral at the same time?
Is performing the funeral prayer for one's mother with bowing (rukūʿ) and prostration (sujūd) a sin, and what should be done to expiate for that, and is that equivalent to not praying over her at all?
Is there an authentic Hadith concerning the virtue of burying the deceased, or one who died, in Mecca or Medina, and is there any basis in the Sunnah for transporting the deceased from outside the Two Holy Sanctuaries to be buried within them?
Is it permissible to announce the passing of the deceased in the village on a dedicated bulletin board in the mosque?
Does prayer inside the Hijr while circumambulating from outside it (entering from the side not considered part of the Kaaba) interrupt the tawaf, and is it permissible?
What is the ruling on the congregants repeating (Haqqa, Nashhad, Ya Allah) after the Imam's supplication in Qunoot, and is it permissible to raise hands in Qunoot of Fajr or Witr, and is it permissible to raise hands and say the Takbir aloud behind the Imam for every Takbir in the funeral prayer, as well as in the Takbirs of the two Eids?
Is it permissible to purchase a plot of land for the purpose of being buried in it after death?
What is the ruling on burying the deceased at night, and is it permissible to bury a person who passed away after Maghrib prayer in the dark, or must one wait to bury them until the morning?
Is it obligatory to straighten the rows in the funeral prayer like other prayers? Is it considered an innovation for the Imam to inform the worshipers about the manner of performing the funeral prayer after each prayer? Is reminding and admonishing people at a funeral considered an innovation? What is prescribed when people stand for the funeral prayer? Is the reward of two qirats diminished if one misses supplicating for the deceased?
Is it permissible for women to pray the funeral prayer individually on the second floor if the deceased is on the first floor and they cannot follow the Imam?
How are we to understand the ruling of "illicit" (Ghayr Mashrou')? Does it refer to committing the forbidden (muharram) or the disliked (makruh), neglecting an obligation (wajib), or doing that which is contrary to what is superior (khilaf al-awla)? And what are the consequences of committing an "illicit" act in examples such as offering the funeral prayer in absentia (salat al-gha'ib) for someone who has already been prayed over, the congregant reciting Al-Fatiha, and offering salutations (taslim) to interrupt the prayer?
What should the worshipper do if he inadvertently misses some of the takbeerat of the funeral prayer, such as the second or third, and merely raises his hands, then invokes blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
What is the correct direction for placing the deceased's head (east or west) when praying over them, and does this differ between men and women?
How is the funeral prayer performed over a deceased person if washing and tayammum are not possible due to a harmful disease that prevents opening the shroud (polyethylene), for fear of harming people, knowing that purity is a condition for praying over him?
Is a specific mention (such as "tahlil" or "takbir") prescribed when accompanying a funeral to the grave, and what is required of those who follow and carry the funeral bier?
Does the jostling to carry the coffin by turns, so that everyone may receive the reward of carrying the deceased, have any basis in Islam?
Is the prayer to be repeated if ablution is broken immediately after the salutation to the right?
What illuminates the grave despite the presence of two lamps?