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Death & the Dying
568 fatawa from 11 South African Darul Iftas on Death & the Dying, part of Death & Janazah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Death & the Dying fatawa — page 14 of 15
- Ask Imaam29 Aug 2003
Is there any example of any Sahabi making indirect Dua to Allah (through nabi) after the death of Rasulalla(PBUH
Q).Please make it clear after the death of rasulallah (PBUM).
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abassommar - Ask Imaam17 Apr 2003
3) Does a woman HAVE to get married? Can she remain a virgin till death or adopt children alone? 4) Can a person do the lottery but then donate ALL the winnings- every single penny to charity?
1) Does a person?s wudhu break if they remove their scarf? 2) Do you get the same rewards for reading the quran no matter what the language it is…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam24 Feb 2003
Is it allowed for women to conduct funeral prayer on their own or with a male imam for a deceased relative? Can a women do the funeral prayer for her father at her home?
Is it a must that women should not show her face to her male relatives also? Please clarify
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam6 Feb 2003
I am questioning an act which is done at many funerals. After the body of the deceased is given a Ghusl, the body lies most probably in a room and generally the women- folk read for the muhroom...
After the body of the deceased is given a Ghusl, the body lies most probably in a room and generally the women- folk read for the muhroom. What…
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam13 Jan 2003
1)To what extent should a person obey his parents?2)How can I be the one to listen to my parents?3)What is meant by brother in law is death?
1)I am 17,I have been in the work of Dawah & Tabligh for the past year.Since then my parents and relatives see me as extreme as I practice on many…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam10 Jan 2003
Does Islam prohibit the donation of body organs after death for the benefit of another human being?
Many Islamic scholars and Jurists have written on the subject of organ transplant. Over the decades, medicine has improved and advanced…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam20 Dec 2002
Comments on zina and adulterous acts. do we still receive this punishment of lashes for fornication and stone death for committing adultery or will this be forgiven?
Major sins have major consequences, but if we sincerely ask forgiveness and Inshallah Allah will forgive us, do we still receive this punishment of…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam23 Oct 2002
deceased left TV... Ref: Q# 6695 you said that it is not permissible to sell the TV left by deceased, then what is supposed be done with it?
Ref: Q# 6695 you said that it is not permissible to sell the TV left by deceased, then what is supposed be done with it? a) can it be sold to…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam16 Oct 2002
As for the punishment of stoning a person to death, are we as Muslims supposed to also follow the rule of Jesus whom said "Only those of you who are sinless may cast the first stone"
As for the punishment of stoning a person to death, are we as Muslims supposed to also follow the rule of Jesus whom said "Only those of you who are…
Mufti Muhammad Kadwa - Ask Imaam17 Sep 2002
Khidr's death: What is the Muhadditheen's evidence for saying Khidhr is dead?
Hafiz ibnus Salaah (RA) - a great Muhaddith himself - states, 'He, Khidr (Alayhis salaam), is alive according to the majority of the Ulama and…
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar - Ask Imaam13 Sep 2002
1) explain hadith: 'Whoever recites Aayaatul Kursi after every Salat, the only barrier between him and paradise will be death.' 2)
1. Can you please explain in details the following hadith. Sayyiduna Abu Umaamah (Radhiallaahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi…
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar - Ask Imaam27 Jun 2002
after death of some one to take his funral occations in mosque?
after death of some one to take his funral occations in mosque?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam14 Jun 2002
Why is rape victim expected to produce atleast 4 witnesses in order to have her rapist convicted? Why is she accused of adultery incase she cant and given a punishment of stoning to death?
Assalamualaikum, you may have come across the news item in the paper in which a married woman who was raped by her husbands brother (at that time…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam4 Jun 2002
5qs - What was the population of Muslims at the time of the death of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)?
1.When and why the verse "do not kill your children from the fear of poverty?" was sent down on to our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of…
Mufti Bilaal Cassim - Ask Imaam28 May 2002
Procedures to follow at the death of a Muslim man who practiced a gay lifestyle
Assalaamu Alaykum, Respected Brother in Islam. All praise is due to the Almighty Allah for having made it possible for you to be able to assist…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam9 May 2002
·What is SAKARAAT? ·Does every single person have to undergo this? Even the one’s that die of a sudden death? ·How can one try to protect them selves from it?
Sakaraat is the pangs and pain experienced at the onset of death and its signs. Generally, every person experiences some pain but the level ad…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam2 May 2002
What does happen to the soul after death?
Do the soul think about what is happening to them? Could the soul of my Mother be waiting and disturbed about us? please give me the answer I am so…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam4 Apr 2002
Is it better to get 100 lashes for zina with possibility of death or repent?
Bismillah-e-Rahman-e-Raheem. Assalamu Alaikum ya Sheikh, I would like to get your humble opinion. Zina is a very hatted act to Allah. However if one…
Mufti Bilaal Cassim - Ask Imaam28 Mar 2002
1. If one asks Allah S.W.T. to provide the Sawaab of his good deeds (like Quranic recitation) to several deceased friends, relatives, and ancestors, will this Sawaab be divided and hence reduce?
2. Will I still get the full Sawaab of my deed (and actually will I get a bonus for passing on the reward)? 3. If I will always get full Sawaab,…
Moulana Imraan Vawda - Ask Imaam14 Mar 2002
IF a person who has cursed another dies, how will the person who has been cursed repent or ask forgiveness from the deceased?
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'If a cursed person is not fit for the curse, then the curse goes back to the curser.' (Mishkaat)…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 Mar 2002
I seen my deceased mother in a dream
Both times she complains of being hungry and ask me for bread (Roti). Can you kindly interpret. Thanx
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam5 Mar 2002
How does Islam view cremation of muslim?If cremation haraam, and muslims have faatiyah after cremation, is this a sin?
The procedure of honourably dispensing of the corpse by burying is explained in the Qur'aan and Ahaadith of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi…
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam4 Mar 2002
For the sake of passing-on reward (Isaal-e-Sawaab) to the deceased, which is better, offerring Qurbaani/Performing Hajj/Umrah, OR giving away equivalent amount in Sadaqa on their behalf?
Isaal-e-Sawaab, i.e. passing on reward to the deceased can be done in any form according to the capacity of the person passing on the reward.…
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam14 Feb 2002
I have two questions regarding the topic of the death of one's wife. I will be very obliged if you can answer me with some valid Hadith. Jazakallah.
1)Someone told me that Hazrat Ali (AS) gave the 'ghusl' (bath) to Hazrat Fatima (AS) after her death (even though women were available in the…
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam15 Dec 2001
Is it permissible for a convert to Islam from Judaism to say Jewish prayers for the dead for deceased relatives?
Assalaamu alaikum! I am a new convert to Islam from Judaism. After a parent or near relative dies, Jews are supposed to recite the Mourner's…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Nov 2001
What is the proper way of asking Allah S.W.T. to forward the Sawaab (Baksh) of my recitation of Qur?an (charity, etc.) to my deceased kith or kin?
What is the English terminology for ?Bakhashna??
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam3 Nov 2001
Assalaamu Alaikum Mufti Saheb,Why is donating one's organs after death forbidden?
In a prior ruling you stated: "the bequest (Wasiyyat) of a person that after his death, his organs be donated is forbidden in Shariah". Please give…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam31 Aug 2001
Removing pubic hair of the deceased.
Please advise me if it is ok to remove pubic or hair underarms of the deseased during their ghusl before their naamz-e-janaza? Thanks Wassalam
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam31 Aug 2001
I recently learned that the punishment a sin I committed is death. What should I do?
I am an American-born Muslim. When I was 21 I committed a sin that I recently learned should be punished by death. Since then I have not returned to…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam15 Jul 2001
My question, Musa(a.s) and death angel. Musa (A.S.) has shot the death angel? This hadith in Imam buhari(sahih).
What are you this hadith think?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam15 Jul 2001
Please could you tell me in which hadieth kitaab the following can befound in (punishments of life, dying, grave)
HADITH OF PROPHET (P.B.U.H) The one who disdains the prayers will receive fifteen punishments from Allah. Six punishments in this lifetime Three…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 Jul 2001
Thanking those who sent condolences upon the death of son with message from Quran and Sunnah
Assalamu Alykum Wa Rahmatullahe Barakatahu, My young son, died recently in an drowning incident. Like a true Muslim Allah endowed me with extreme…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam26 May 2001
Is it permissible for the husband to view the face of his wife after her death and can he assist in the burial process?
It is permissible for a husband to view the face of his wife after her demise. He may also assist in the burial procedure, e.g. lowering the body in…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 May 2001
Is it Fardh to work for khilafah?Does the hadith "He who does not give bayah to a khaleef dies the death of jahiliya" make working for khilfah fardh to remove the sin of dying in ignorance?
Thank you.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 May 2001
I had a dream recently about death while on hajj
I have recently had a dream in which I am preparing to go to Hajj in the following year, I am then told by someone that I am going die while on this…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam31 Mar 2001
If you have a dream about a dead person in your family or anyone that has passed away does it mean that death is coming to you or someone in your family?
I have had many dreams of my aunt that passed away about two years ago(she was not muslim) and I was wanting to know if this means anything. Could…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Mar 2001
When one makes intention so the reward of the deed goes to the deceased,(e.g reciting SuraYasin) does the person who performs the virtuous act also get ANY reward?
Asalam u alaikum Mufti sahib. (i)When one makes intention so the reward of the deed goes to the deceased,(e.g reciting Sura Yasin) does the person…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam25 Jan 2001
What happens with a muslim who`s soul has passed away to meet Azrain(Death Angel)? What happens then?
The angel of death extracts the soul of a person with the order of Allah Ta' ala. If the person was a Muslim and obedient, his soul is extracted…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam16 Jan 2001
Death in toilet. Is it bad ?
Respected mufti sahab, last sunday my grand mother expired in toilet. She finished her tasbihat then went to toilet. When she didn't domes out for…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 Dec 2000
Can a non Muslim attend a Muslim's funeral? What does the non muslims say to the family of the deceased as condolences?
There is no problem in Shariah for non Muslims attending the funeral of their Muslim associates. And Allah Ta'ala knows best Mufti E. Desai
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