Kafan
Kafan is the shroud used to wrap a deceased person's body before burial, typically plain white cloth. Its specific form and number of layers differ somewhat by school and local custom. Preparing it is one of several communal duties owed to the deceased.
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Is it permissible to place plastic after the shroud (kafan) that is directly touching the body of the deceased, and before the rest of the shrouds, in order to prevent blood and odor from emanating from the جنازة (funeral/bier), and thereby avert harm from people and mosques?
There is no harm in placing plastic over the shroud to prevent blood and odor from escaping. If perfume suffices to prevent odor, then it is sufficient. Sheikh Ibn Baz permitted placing something to hold the wound on…
Is it permissible to perform the absentee funeral prayer (Salat al-Gha'ib) for a man whose Christian wife claimed he willed to be buried as a Muslim, but then buried him in a Christian cemetery after writing an obituary in which she claimed he had converted to Christianity, knowing that he was a Muslim before that?
The corruption you mentioned supports the idea that, although marriage to a Kitabiyyah (woman of the People of the Book) is permissible, it is better to avoid it, especially if it is in the lands of disbelief. The…
Is sponsoring an orphan (kafalat al-yatim) on behalf of a father who is unaware of it considered an act of honoring one's parents (birr al-walidayn), and is it obligatory to inform him?
Charity is valid on behalf of the living and the dead, and its reward reaches the one on whose behalf the charity is given. Some scholars have held that Allah grants the giver of charity a reward similar to that of the…
Questions that use it
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, for a manager to refuse to grant an employee a waiver to transfer to another job, or to renege on promises of promotion and salary increase? And was sponsorship (kafalah) instituted to prevent an employee from earning his livelihood?
What is the ruling regarding a person who disbelieved (kafara), then led the people in prayer (amma), and we do not know whether he repented or not?
What is the ruling on an employer deducting one thousand riyals monthly from the dues of a worker whom he forced to sign a paper to that effect, stipulating the completion of his kafala transfer to receive his dues?