Death & Janazah · Subtopic
Burial & Graves
407 fatawa from 10 South African Darul Iftas on Burial & Graves, part of Death & Janazah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Burial & Graves fatawa — page 11 of 11
- Ask Imaam1 Feb 2001
My friend has recently found out that her house was built on a very old burial site. Is there something she should do, besides moving. Thank you.
My friend has lived in her house for 30 years. She has always had problems (arguing, fighting, sickness) in her family. Is there anything she could…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam9 Dec 2000
Is it proper to be burried in a non-Muslim cemetery?
A sister muslima living in america had it on her will that her body should not be transported to her home country if she dies here. She found out…
Mufti E. Desai - Ask Imaam19 Oct 2000
Can dead Muslims hear us when we visit their graves?
The scholars have differences of opinion on whether the inmates of the grave can hear the visitors or not. According to one Aayat of the noble…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam14 Oct 2000
Dear Respected Mufti Saheb, My friend's father died a while ago, and she talks about him sometime. Does talking about him cause him punishment in the grave?
Talking about a person after his death is not a means of his punishment in the grave. However, one should not talk evil about a person after his…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam13 Sep 2000
What happens to someone who has died by being burnt with fire or eaten up by an animal? Do the Angels who question the dead in the grave question him or her?
Such people are also questioned by the angels after death. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2000
If one's mother dies and she is not a Muslim, is it permissible toattend her burial?
The Fuqahaa (jurists) have ruled that if a non-Muslim passes away and there is no one to attend to the burial proceedings besides a Muslim relative,…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - DU Zakariyya
odd number of Ṣaffs (rows) in the Janāzah prayers
Is it Mustaḥab (preferable) to consider an odd number of Ṣaffs (rows) in the Janāzah prayers? Can a Ṣaff be left incomplete taking this into…
Mufti Raḍāul-Ḥaqq
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