Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is it permissible to execute the mother's will to allocate one-third of the money to the youngest brother and spend the rest on the funeral and burial, or is all the money considered an inheritance from which nothing can be spent on the funeral?
Is the prostration of forgetfulness (Sujud as-Sahw) prescribed in Tawaf and the Funeral Prayer in cases of error or doubt, or is there an alternative for it, and how can deficiencies in Tawaf be rectified?
What is the ruling on embalming humans, and what is the ruling on embalming birds and animals for decoration?
Is following the funeral procession interrupted by performing the post-prayer Sunnah or by attending to a need and then catching up with it before burial, and what is the criterion for following?
What is the ruling on saying: "O Allah, forgive him and sanctify his soul" when supplicating for the deceased?
Is it permissible for the intention of the Imam to differ from that of the worshiper (Ma'mum) in prayer?
Is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) for a person whose death occurred a long time ago? Is it permissible to repeat the prayer for the same deceased person? And is it permissible to perform the prayer for multiple people while singling out one of them?
What is the ruling regarding a severed human leg, and is it preferable to bury it with its owner upon his death?
What is the ruling on offering the funeral prayer behind an imam who curses religion?
Is it permissible to pray for a drug dealer who has died?
What is the ruling on cremating the dead after several years have passed since their burial?
Is it permissible to offer the funeral prayer for those who call themselves Muslims but commit polytheistic acts and do not know the declaration of Tawhid, even though they may not be hostile towards Islam and may demonstrate some actions such as offering sacrifices, giving charity, or donating to the mosque?
What is the ruling on the Imam's saying in the funeral prayer: "O Allah, You find others whom You can punish, but he finds none but You to have mercy on him"?
Is a funeral prayer performed for twins who died eight hours after birth, and what is the ruling on burying them without a funeral prayer?
How is the punishment for polytheism (shirk), despite it being the gravest of sins, less severe than the punishment for adultery (zina)?
Please inform me, is it permissible to offer the funeral prayer for one who has committed suicide?
Is it permissible to pray Maghrib with the same ablution used for the funeral prayer?
What is the ruling on the funeral prayer if the Imam made a mistake and said three "takbirat" instead of four, then said the fourth "takbira" some time after the "taslim," and was the Imam's action towards the congregants correct?
Do the dead meet in their graves, and do they know the news of the people of this world, and if one of them dies and is buried, do they meet him, receive him, and learn from him the news of their families in this world?
Upon whom is the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) performed, and is it performed for the martyr?
What is the most accurate criterion for following a funeral procession to obtain the reward, and is it a condition to follow it from its departure from the house? And what are the most recommended stages for following it?
Does the Hadith "No two things combine in a person except that he enters Paradise" include one who follows a funeral procession without praying over it, or one who merely looks at it without participating in the burial? And does he earn a Qirat, according to a different Hadith, if he follows a funeral procession without praying over it?
Is it true what the Shia claim, that the Companions did not attend the funeral of the Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, and where were they at that time? Are there any hadiths that support this claim?
Is it permissible to pray for a person who blew himself up and died, or is he considered to have departed from the religion?