Funeral Prayer and Burial
463 questions
Have I become sinful by rejecting the suitor who proposed to my sister, despite her approval and desire after performing Salatul-Istikharah? And do you have any advice for me and my sister?
What is the ruling regarding a father performing the funeral prayer for deceased individuals upon whom the funeral prayer was not performed, and whose graves are scattered?
What is the ruling on uncovering the shroud of the coffin while walking in the funeral procession, and placing sand on the body after burial?
What kind of reward reaches the deceased, and what is the opinion of the four Imams regarding this, and is the Funeral Prayer (Salat al-Janazah) and supplication for the deceased considered a reward or a supplication to alleviate their torment, taking into consideration the Hadith: "When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: a continuous charity, knowledge from which benefit is derived, or a righteous child who supplicates for him"?
What is the correct legitimate way to follow a funeral procession, and is it better to sit or stand during the burial?
Is it permissible to take the money remaining from the expenses of a sick brother's treatment and funeral after his death, or must it be distributed?
Is it permissible to pay for funeral expenses and food costs for relatives from money left by the deceased for that purpose?
Are there any prophetic hadiths about throwing three handfuls of dirt on the grave during burial, and does this cause congestion?
Is announcing that one of the sisters is in need of prayers due to illness or difficult circumstances, and the other sisters praying for her in a dedicated Islamic women's forum, considered an innovation (bid'ah) or a form of collective supplication (du'a jama'i)?
What is the ruling on the funeral prayer for a deceased child, and when is a child considered an adult, and is he prayed for forgiveness like an adult, and is it sunnah to instruct and reassure the child after his burial?
Is it true that a delayed funeral is a sign of the deceased's ill fate?
Is it obligatory for the Imam to announce the funeral prayer and the type of deceased before the opening Takbeer, or is the intention in the heart sufficient?
Does praying for all people reach a specific person whom I do not know, or is its reach limited to whoever was on my mind at the time of the prayer?
Is it sufficient to wash a newborn child with warm water only, without soap or perfume, and to shroud him with a clean piece of cloth instead of the legal shroud due to its unavailability?
What is the ruling on the validity of the funeral prayer if the worshipper intended to pray for a man, then it became clear to him that the deceased was a woman?
What is meant by removing images from graves, and does this include graves inside the mosque, in its courtyard, or outside it? Is it permissible to pray in a mosque built in a graveyard, including supererogatory prayers, Tarawih, regular Sunnah prayers, and funeral prayers?
Should the worshiper immediately complete his prayer upon the call for the funeral prayer while he is making up for a missed Dhuhr prayer?
Does a slow funeral procession indicate that the deceased was a sinner?
What is the ruling on the Friday preacher's statement that the soul, after leaving the body, remains between the body and the shroud and can choose the direction the coffin proceeds to bid farewell to a friend, or choose the location of the funeral prayer?
Is it obligatory to complete the row formed between the first and second rows for the funeral prayer, or is it permissible to pray without completing it if there is no space for the mourners in the front rows?
What is the religious ruling on burying the wife on Friday after Asr, without her family seeing her, given her suffering from social problems with her husband's family?
How is the deceased placed in the funeral prayer: in front of or behind the worshippers?
Is it permissible to supplicate for a woman when she is being buried, "O Allah, grant her a husband better than her [earthly] husband," or is this exclusive to men?
Is it permissible to pray over Muslim dead bodies that were tortured, killed, and buried in mass graves, then had their bodies exhumed? And are they to be given a funeral procession?