❓ Question: Is it correct that the husband washes (the dead body of) his wife?
❓ Question: Nowadays, when a funeral procession is carried out, people recite the shahādah loudly (as they walk with it). In some areas, along with the funeral, people recite poems aloud. Is this practice proven by the Qurān and ḥadīth? Please guide us. (A questioner from Lahore, Pakistan)
❓ Question: Is it permissible to go to the relatives of the deceased and recite 'Fātiḥah' while raising your hands? (Shaykh Abdul Wahid, from the state of Bahawalpur)
❓ Question: Is there a ḥadīth that recommends staying by the grave once the dead body is buried for a period of time equal to that taken for slaughtering a camel? What does that mean?
❓ Question: Some people say that it is forbidden to say answers to a dead Muslim being questioned on burial, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) never did it. Is this true?
❓Question: I own a lot of useful books and references, but I read only a few. However, some people borrow books from me. Is it a sin to keep so many books?
❓Question: What is the ruling on placing the right hand over the left hand on the chest or on the (place of the) heart? and what is the ruling on placing the hands below the navel? and is there any difference (in this matter) between men and women?
❓ Question: Respected Muftīs, is it allowed to write ‘raḍiyallāhu ta’ālā ‘anhu’ after the names of religious dignitaries other than the companions (may Allāh be pleased with them) of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)? Please provide a detailed answer.
❓Question: Assalamualaykum. Is the following ḥadīth reliable? It has been reported by Sayyiduna ibn 'Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that Rasūl Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The reward of the person who recites the following durūd, will be the cause of much work (of writing) for seventy angels for one thousand days.” Those words are: “Jazal lāhu 'anā Muḥammadan mā huwa ahluhu.”
