It is like hair and nails. It can be left for the hospital and it also can be disposed of.

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You may say whatever is appropriate such as: may Allah increase your reward over your lost or may Allah grant him the highest level in Paradise and have mercy on him.

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She must not leave her house unless for necessity and emergencies such as visiting the doctor. She must not wear anything that beautifies her or considered to be beautifying herself. This means she must wear household clothes and not beautiful dresses that are usually used when going out. She must not wear perfumes or make […]

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It is not permissible for a Muslim to attend the funeral of a non-Muslim “And never (O Muhammad) pray for any of them (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave. Certainly they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and died while they were Faasiqoon (rebellious, — disobedient to Allah and His Messenger).” [al-Tawbah 9:84]

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Man is created from earth and to it he must return. Islam tells us to bury our dead and we don’t care what others do with their dead. Hindus until recently used to burn the wife of the deceased while she was alive with her dead husband. What type of cruelty are they asking about?

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Share | The custom in our country is to put a stone, concrete or a peg at the head and foot of the grave, or sometimes just at the head. What is the Islamic ruling on that?. Praise be to Allaah. Islam forbids erecting structures over graves, and commands that any such structures should be […]

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It is an issue of dispute and the most authentic opinion is that it is not permissible for women to visit the graves. The prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam said “Allah has cursed women who visit graves and those who build mosques and place lights upon them.” (related by Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nisaa’i and […]

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If you mean by attending a funeral is to attend the washing of the deceased, this is permissible. What is not permissible it to walk behind a funeral or to visit a graveyard. Looking at the face of a non Mahram male is permissible.

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Because, this is what the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam did. It is strange why you didn’t ask: why there isn’t any bowing or prostrating.

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