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  • What to Wear for the Funeral and How to Supplicate

    Salam Alikuumi have 2 questions1) how i must dress to a funeral?2) what can i say for my mom at the funeral? (which du'a? ) .. More

  • Dispute on Wearing Niqaab and Visiting Graves

    Salam aleikum My husband is Always arguing with me about islam and how i follow and so on. For example if there is 2 opinions from the ulamahs i Always follow the strictest. Its bcz i want to be sure not getting sins ( even thou of course we are just peoole and sin anyway ) like the niqab . I follow the opinion its fardh and i wear niqab i Think that.. More

  • Burying miscarried fetus

    I am sorry to bother, but I need some help. I had a miscarriage at 7 weeks 2 years ago, and they washed my fetus off. We did not bury it because the baby was not formed. Is that a sin? Can you please tell me what should have been done? I know that it is too late to ask, but it is really heavy on my heart, and I am really worried. And could this miscarriage.. More

  • Attending funeral of non-Muslim relative

    Praise be to Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu ʻalayhi wa sallam. Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. Praise be to Allah, I have converted to being a Sunni Muslim while I previously was from an Ismaili (Ismailee/Aga Khani) sect. Praise be to Allah, my wife and children have also converted. I cannot thank Allah, the Exalted, enough for his guidance and.. More

  • Performing funeral prayer over a sorcerer

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. What is the ruling regarding praying the funeral prayer for one's parents who were sorcerers. And what if the son/daughter is unaware whether they repented or not before their death and only knows with certainty that they were sorcerers? May Allah reward you, Shaykhs. .. More

  • Offering funeral prayer after ‘Asr

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu.Shaykh, may Allah reward you for your previous answers. Shaykh, in our country, Bangladesh, people pray the funeral prayer after the ‘Asr prayer. As far as I know, there are no prayers after the ‘Asr prayer. Is that funeral prayer valid? May Allah reward you. .. More

  • Completing rows in funeral prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it a condition for the funeral prayer to be valid that it be prayed in congregation only? In Al-Masjid Al-Haraam, there is a funeral prayer everydayafter every after obligatory prayer, as far as I have noticed, but some people pray and some do not pray it, and I have no idea whether the person.. More

  • Carrying body of deceased on car from mosque to graveyard

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Is it haram to use a car/truck to take a deceased person to the masjid and then to their grave? .. More

  • Holding banquet for relatives and poor people after father's death

    Assalaamu alaykum. I read in your fatwas that it is a religious innovation to arrange a feast 40 days after the death of someone. What if one customarily gathers his relatives after his father's death (with no emphasis on a specific day and date) and arranges a feast for them where some poor people are also invited? This is not done as a specific act.. More

  • Funeral prayer after ‘Asr – Taking off shoes in graveyard

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Shaykh, may Allah reward you for your previous answers. I had two queries: 1. Shaykh, in our country Bangladesh, people generally pray the funeral prayer after the ‘Asr prayer, but as I know, there are no prayers after the ‘Asr prayer. Is that funeral prayer valid? 2. When people visit the.. More

  • Putting gravestone and tiles on grave

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question regarding the grave. My mother passed away in May 2016. Last month, my brother went to visit her grave. Praise be to Allah, he visits her grave regularly. However, last month, he went to visit and saw that somebody had placed a name stone on my mothers grave; the name was that of some other lady, and they also placed.. More

  • Placing baked bricks inside grave

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Is it permissible to place baked bricks inside a grave? If someone has kept baked bricks inside the Lahd (grave), what is the ruling? Should the grave be opened in order to remove these baked bricks? .. More

  • Ruling on funeral prayer and burial at night

    Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. I would like to know whether it is permissible to conduct the funeral prayer and a burial at night, meaning between the Maghrib prayer and the Fajr prayer. What is the recommended time, if any? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Using masculine pronouns while supplicating for deceased female

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaathu, Shaykh. Can a person supplicate by mentioning a word that is used for the male gender while supplicating for a female if the person does not know much Arabic, especially if I pray the funeral prayer of a Muslim woman but I am unaware of the wordings for the female? The book mentions the wording for a.. More

  • Condition of person who dies while indebted in grave

    Assalaamu alaykum. If someone dies while indebted, we know that he will be a prisoner in his grave until his debt is paid. However, if his debt is not paid in this life, he will remain a prisoner in this grave until the last day without punishment nor reward. Can you confirm this point for me? Can you tell me that in this state, he is not suffering.. More