Funerals

QUESTION: Is it true that a few moments before our death shaytan comes with his final try to us in the form of someone who passed away and says that he found Islam not to be the truth? If this is true, does every Muslim face this fitna?

Funerals

23 Jun

ANSWER: There is nothing to support this from the quran or Sunnah.

QUESTION: Can suicide be forgiven even if the person did it for another persons benefit or if the person was totally helpless . I read somewhere that if youre a Muslim and you ask for repentance before committing suicide youll be punished by Allah for sometime in hell and then be sent to heaven.

Funerals, Psychological Problems

18 Jun

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands. As long as the individual had died a Muslim, his fate is with Allah; if He wills it, He will forgive him. Otherwise, he will punish him in hell for sometime but eventually, he will be admitted to paradise.

QUESTION: Is it shirk to keep the soft copy of the photo of a deceased on a phone or PC? If a person doesn’t talk to it or address it, will it be considered as shirk? What about storing old photos or old things as memory?

Funerals, Images and image-making

23 May

ANSWER: This is not shirk. It is prohibited and sinful though.

QUESTION: I heard somewhere that when you are in your grave you will be able to hear the people in their graves screaming next to you because they might be getting the punishment in their graves, so I wanted to confirm that is it true or not?

Funerals, Punishments

18 May

ANSWER: This is baseless.

QUESTION: My uncle recently died because of liver cancer. It seems to us that he didnt pray almost at all. A few days before his death, he was told to accept that what he did was wrong and to repent, and he did so alhamdulillah. After that he suffered terribly due to brutal pain, thus he didnt start praying during his last days. Is his repentance still valid? Is he considered a martyr?

Funerals, Prayer

29 Apr

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands. We judge with what is apparent and only Allah knows and decides people’s fate. All you can do now is pray for his forgiveness.

QUESTION: Is it sunnah to recite surah fatiha and 3 qul surahs after we hear he demise of any muslim ?

Funerals, Innovations

29 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation.

QUESTION: Brother in the subcontinent they think people should be buried with their ihram clothes ( male). Is this sunnah?

Funerals, Hajj and Umrah

28 Apr

ANSWER: This is sunnah if they died while wearing their Ihram and in the state of Ihram while going for umrah or hajj.

QUESTION: Should we say salaam when we pass a graveyard?

Funerals

18 Mar

ANSWER: No. You only say the salam and the dua when you are in the graveyard and not outside of it.

QUESTION: Ya sheikh If a person does not do istinja properly such as not pouring water after urinating but he makes wudu and prays is his prayer valid

Funerals

25 Jan

ANSWER: The prayer is invalid. Its is totally prohibited to not wash properly after urinating and its one of the major sins in Islam for which that person would be tormented in his grave.

QUESTION: As we know that charity do reaches to deceased if done on their behalf, will Allah inform those souls in barzakh in ilyeen that so and so of your friend sended gift of charity for u ? and Does the soul Feels happy when they know that their friends had did charity on them behalf

Charity, Funerals

19 Jan

ANSWER: This is knowledge of the unseen and only Allah knows this. What matters is that this would benefit the deceased!

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