Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is a man's prayer over a deceased person sufficient as a greeting to the mosque (Tahiyyat al-Masjid) if he intends to remain in the mosque?
Is it disliked to visit one's father's grave in the cemetery while another funeral procession is taking place, and does that affect the reward for accompanying the funeral?
Where does the Imam stand in relation to the deceased during the funeral prayer, if the deceased is a man or a woman?
What is the reward for preparing a deceased's body and getting it ready for burial?
Is it permissible to offer the funeral prayer for a sorcerer, a hypocrite, or someone who committed major shirk, if only the questioner knows their true state? And does the ruling differ if the deceased is a relative? And who are those for whom it is not permissible to offer the prayer, and what is the evidence?
Is it a condition to pray over the deceased to obtain the reward of a qirat for one who follows the funeral?
Is the funeral prayer performed for Muslims killed in battles with infidels?
How can a father be convinced to pay off his many accumulated debts before his death, despite his lack of understanding of the seriousness of the situation, and how should one deal with siblings who do not cooperate in solving the problem? And should the father be given his full salary to pay off the debts?
When a man, woman, and child all die at the same time, whose funeral prayer takes precedence to be led by the Imam?
Is it permissible for the youngest son to keep a treasure discovered on his deceased father’s land without dividing it with his siblings, especially after his mother bequeathed her share to him before her death? And is there a sin incurred by the youngest son’s son if he does not interfere with his father’s wish not to divide the treasure? And how is the treasure divided if the father agrees to it?
Is it a Sunnah to carry the head of the deceased when accompanying the funeral procession?
Is anything required of me for not having prayed over my deceased grandmother three years ago, given that I was unable to pray over her at the time of her death?
What about the reward for the funeral prayer in the Haram; is it multiplied?
Is it permissible to hold mourning gatherings and offer collective supplications for the deceased in the mourner's home, and is it permissible to hold a "Khatmah" (recitation of the entire Quran) in the mosque?
What is the ruling on the muezzin praying over the deceased before the Imam prays over it, out of a desire for the reward of a Qirat, knowing that if he were to go after the prayer, he might miss the funeral prayer?
What is the son's responsibility towards his deceased infidel father, and is he obliged to wash him, shroud him, pray over him, and bury him?
What are the cases in which the deceased is not prayed over?
How is the prayer performed for a Muslim buried in Christian cemeteries? Is it by standing at his grave and praying for him, or by praying for him the Absentee Funeral Prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib)?
What kind of intercession is mentioned in the Hadith of Ibn Abbas: "There is no Muslim man who dies, and forty men who associate nothing with Allah stand over his funeral prayer, but Allah will make them intercede for him"? Does it imply the certainty of Paradise and the effacement of major sins that the deceased committed without repentance?
Is it permissible for a father to lead his daughters and wife in prayer and confine the salutation to the form, "Peace be upon you all (feminine plural)"?
What is the ruling on opening a special page for condolences upon the death of a forum member's relative?
What is the required distance between rows in the funeral prayer, and is it true that joining the rows in it is not obligatory due to the absence of bowing and prostration?
How is the funeral prayer performed as authentically reported from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Is the funeral prayer obligatory only for men, or for all Muslims, both men and women?