Masaail pertaining to the dying person

Signs of someone passing away and what to recite

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2023-10-17 07:49

Q:

1. What are the signs of someone who is going to pass away, what should one look for?

2. In a case of a coma patient, what should one read into the patients ear when the doctors advise that it is near his/her time due to organ failure?

3. What zikr will make this time easy for the patient?

Fear of waswasah at the time of death

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2022-12-20 07:11

Q: If a person who suffers from waswasah, will he experience the waswasah when the angel of death is removing his soul?

Ghair mahram men around the bedside of a woman in sakaraat

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2021-02-09 08:08

Q: Is it permissible for ghair mahram men to be around the bedside of a woman in sakaraat, reading yaseen and just paying their respects?

Writing out a will and giving gifts after testing positive for Covid

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2021-02-09 08:06

Q: My father tested positive for covid virus. He was in isolation and had taken this time to write out a will. He gave me and my mother many gifts in this time. We accepted this from him immediately. He passed away 3 weeks later.

Is this allowed or would it be considered Maraudal Maut? The other heirs say we should return the gifts to the estate.

Terminally ill person longing to meet Allah

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2021-02-06 06:51

Q: Is it the right attitude to have if someone, who is terminally ill, says, "I'm looking forward to meeting my Lord". As Allah says "أما من خاف مقام ربه" Should a person not be fearful of dying and his hisaab up until the last moment? I heard someone say this as they were approaching the last 1-2 months of their passing and it struck me as being inappropriate, almost arrogant. Please advise.

The laws pertaining to a person in the final stages of his life

Submitted by user6 on Tue, 2019-10-15 07:18

Q: Could you explain to me the various masaa'il that pertain to a person in the last stages of his life? I have heard that the one who is in the last stages of his life cannot deal in his wealth freely. Therefore, I wish to find out that if a person in this state gifts something to a relative or a non-relative, will his gifting be valid? From which point will one regard a person to be in the final stages of his life?

Angels descending with flowers at the time of death

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2018-04-21 07:41

Q: Is it true that at the time of death, the angels will come with a bouquet from jannah. Each flower will have a different fragrance?

Easy death

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2016-05-05 08:56

Q: My wife died in my arms looking at me smiling without sakaraat. She exhaled one small little breath out, she was not sick,was healthy. I have seen people died that was scary and their throats made horrible noises. My wife had no sound dying, does this mean Allah Ta'ala was happy with her?

Reciting the kalimah before death

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2015-09-02 09:22

Q: What should be the last words we say before death? Should it be:

1. La ilaha illallah - or

2. La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah?

Non-Muslim calling out Maalik at the time of death

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2014-09-17 15:46

Q: I was recently told about the death of a friends grandmother (by the specific friend). These people are not Muslim however upon death when the soul began to be pulled away from the body the grandmother began calling out the name Maalik and her head bending backward face up in the sky and breathing heavily. What is the possible explanation for this? Is there significance? How do I explain this to this friend of mine seeing that a Muslim name was called at such an event?