Is it correct that the husband washes the (dead body) of his wife?
❓ Question: Is it correct that the husband washes (the dead body of) his wife?…
Topic
Funerals
5 entries
Reciting the shahādah and making dhikr aloud while lifting the janāzah (funeral bier)
❓ 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) Continue
Raising one’s hands and doing ‘Fātiḥah’ during the supplication while offering condolences to the dead
❓ 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)…
Staying at the grave after the funeral
❓ 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?…
Saying answers to questions to the dead on burial
❓ 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?…