Funerals

ANSWER: A Muslim is allowed to mourn the dead for 3 days, except for a Widow to mourn the death of her husband for 4 months and 10 days. There is no prescribed way of mourning death. One might feel sad or depressed and refuse to wear perfume or to mix with people for not more than 3 days.

I have recently lost my 4 days old daughter.There is a hadith regarding the newborns who pass away that they will, on the day of judgement take their father/parents to Jannah with them.Please quote and clarify the exact version of this Hadith.

Funerals

26 Oct

ANSWER: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The miscarried fetus will drag his mother by his umbilical cord to Paradise, if she (was patient and) sought reward (for her loss).” Praise be to Allaah. There are many texts in the Qur’aan and Sunnah which point to the virtue […]

if people do innovations like quran khatm and tasbeeh for the deceased etc. Will the deceased be punished for it in the grave?

Funerals, Reading/Reciting the Quran

25 Sep

ANSWER: If he ordered it, yes he will. If not, he won’t be affected by it.

My brother passed away this past July. I know we can make dua and fast on behalf of the deceased. My question is I’ve fasted on the day of Ashoora on his behalf. Will he get the reward of sin being wiped away from previous year? Of course sins being forgiven for the following year wouldn’t count because he is no longer in this world.

Fasting, Funerals

22 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible, you must not fast Sunnah fasts on behalf of the deceased as this is an innovation and it won’t reach him.

Is it authentic that in the state which a person dies will be resurrected in the same state on the day of judgement? For example if he dies while doing a haraam activity will he be resurrected while doing the same activity?

Funerals

18 Sep

ANSWER: This is true.

Is it haram to say RIP with the intention of not committing shirk

Funerals

07 Aug

ANSWER: If this is for disbelievers, this is prohibited. And if it is for muslims, this is imitating the disbelievers.

In my country when someone dies after 40days people come together that to make dua for him and even after every year still they congregate that they are making dua for the dead where they even cook for those who come. Is this permissible in our Islam,?

Funerals, Innovations

27 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all as it’s an innovation.

I have heard, after the death of prophet Muhammad (sa), his burial process was delayed for few days? if it is true, what was the reason. please let us know

Funerals

24 Jul

ANSWER: This is true and it was postponed for two days so that Muslims would come in twos and threes to perform the funeral prayer. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/132135/washing-shrouding-and-funeral-prayer-of-the-prophet-blessings-and-peace-of-allah-be-upon-him

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