Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Is it permissible to break off an engagement after one's desire for the betrothed girl has waned and her academic performance has declined, along with the fear of falling into sins if the engagement or marriage to her continues?
What acts of worship require ablution?
Does a second husband inherit from his deceased wife if she has brothers and sisters, and if she has no children from him, and is he obliged to bear the costs of her wake and burial?
Is it true that the congregant should respond to the muezzin's call for the funeral prayer by saying, "O Allah, forgive us and him"?
Are the brothers considered sinful for misleading the questioner and concealing the truth about their father's death, and for not waiting for him to attend the funeral despite his assurance of being able to arrive by plane?
Is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) for deceased Muslims after the Isha' prayer every day, and does this prayer benefit them?
What are the rulings of marriage in the religion, and how can the suitor be persuaded to postpone the marriage until next summer?
How is the funeral prayer performed?
Who inherits the ring, the earrings, and the two carats after the death of a woman whose husband left her and whose mother took over her care, and then she died?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayer for the deceased upon whom the absent funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) was performed, after their bodies have been found, and if it is obligatory, should it be before or after burial?
What is the ruling on supplicating for the deceased after the funeral prayer and before burial, as well as after the completion of the burial process?
What is the wisdom behind a funeral prayer having no bowing or prostration, and what are the situations in which it is not permissible to raise one's hands in supplication?
Is it permissible to supplicate for your deceased father-in-law that his abode be honored and he be granted residence in Paradise?
What is the ruling on a deceased person spending the night in a morgue refrigerator?
What is the best time to wash and shroud the deceased if the funeral prayer is scheduled for after Asr prayer and the procedures were completed in the morning?
Is it considered deception or inappropriate behavior not to inform one's parents about an engagement, and to postpone telling them until their financial situation improves, and out of consideration for the feelings of the elder unmarried sister?
Is it true that an uncle, who passed away 14 years ago, was bewitched after his burial, taken from his grave, and is now living in the form of a donkey, and is this permissible?
Is it permissible to perform the funeral prayer over the father's grave to seek mercy for him? And does the deceased receive a reward if he bequeathed a Mus'haf (copy of the Qur'an) and his children recite from it?
How sound is the notion that the deceased stops during a funeral procession in front of shrines, the homes of some relatives, and mosques?
What is the ruling on the funeral prayer for the deceased if the cost of his shroud was paid a week after his burial?
What is the truth behind the circulating story of a woman who died without ever having prayed a single prostration to Allah, and who died while adorned, and what caused her face to blacken during her washing and burial?
Is the funeral prayer obligatory for a deceased six-month-old female infant, and how is she to be washed?
What is the ruling on placing the deceased in a closed coffin, and does the method of covering differ between a man and a woman? What is the ruling on mourners deliberately increasing and shortening the rows for the funeral prayer, even though the rows are numerous and spaced out in regular prayers?
What is the wisdom behind supplicating for the deceased with, "O Allah, wash him with water, snow, and hail," what is the meaning of this supplication, and when is it offered for the deceased?