Funerals

ANSWER: Camphor. Perfume is applied after the washing has concluded and we are about to shroud the deceased. Janazah, the final rites: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL660C6687E4D21654

QUESTION: The Hadith that says the one who gives ghusl to a dead body and doesn’t reveal any abnormality in it, will be forgiven 40 times. Does it refer to 40 major sins? If not, is there any amal (action) that erases major sins apart from sincere tawba? Any action we can do to erase major sins?

Funerals

07 Oct

ANSWER: The hadeeth doesn’t specify Janazah, the final rites: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL660C6687E4D21654

QUESTION: If there is a masjid and there is no grave inside the building of the masjid but there are multiple graves around it and the masjid and those graves are surrounded or are enclosed in a common fencing , is it permissible to pray there?

Funerals, Prayer

18 Sep

ANSWER: If the masjid and the graves are inside the same compound, it’s not permissible to pray there.

QUESTION: Eating food prepared by the family of deceased In our masjid the family of the dead serve food when someone dies, i don’t participate in their gatherings but when i go for salah they announce that “so and so died and here’s some food please have some” can i consume from it?

Funerals, Innovations

17 Sep

ANSWER: It is not permissible to sit with them and eat with them. You can take the food and go and eat it at your home.

QUESTION: Is visiting dargah only to pray for the dead permissible without committing any shirk,kufur or bidah

Funerals, Shirk and its different forms

12 Sep

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to visit such places where people do shirk

QUESTION: Sir, feeding birds for the benefit of deceased ,is that really beneficial for them or not ?

Funerals, Innovations

06 Sep

ANSWER: This is an innovation and wouldn’t benefit the deceased.

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