Funeral Prayer and Burial
547 questions
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 forbidden to use cement, bricks, and anything touched by fire in the grave, as is said?
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 raising one's voice with "tahlil" (لا إله إلا الله - There is no god but Allah) and "takbir" (الله أكبر - Allah is the Greatest) and requesting that from people when accompanying a funeral procession?
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?
Is it permissible to uncover the face of the deceased inside the grave? And what is the evidence for uncovering the shroud of the deceased for a man during the funeral procession?
Is it permissible to delay the burial of the deceased until his relatives arrive from other cities, based on their request?
Is it permissible to collect the bones of the deceased from earlier times in an "ossuary" due to the lack of burial space?
What is the ruling on collecting the remains of martyrs?
Is it from the Sunnah, when performing the funeral prayer, to multiply the rows, or should the worshippers remain in a single row if their number exceeds one hundred?
Is the reward for the funeral prayer over a child the same as the reward for the funeral prayer over an adult?
Is it permissible to pray over the deceased without being certain of their Islam, especially if the mosque prays over everyone who uttered the Two Testimonies, even if they never prayed at all?
What is the ruling on saying aloud "There is no god but Allah, Allah's Countenance is Ever-Abiding" when following a funeral procession, and saying "Ya Rahman, Ya Rahman" (O Most Merciful, O Most Merciful) during burial? And what is the Sunnah in this regard?