Virtue of passing away on a Friday for one who passed away on Friday night
Q: Will the virtue of passing away on a Friday also apply for one who passed away on Friday night or Saturday morning before sunrise?
Janaazah
Erecting a structure over a grave and making zikr by a grave
Q:
1. Can a person build a wooden structure over a Muslim grave as my family members want to do this over my fathers grave as well as erect a granite headstone and I dont feel it is islamic.
2. Please advise regarding making zikr every sunday at the grave.
Son who trims his beard leading his father's janaazah salaah
Q: If someone's father died and his son wants to lead his father's salaatul janazah but he trim's his beard, can he lead the prayer being an imaam?
Delaying in covering the face of the deceased
Q: What is the sharai ruling regarding waiting for the arrival of maiyyat's relatives after performing salatul janazah and placing maiyyat in the qabar with rest of the body covered, and only the face is left open in the qabar for 2,3 hours until the relatives arrive. The face is covered after the relatives coming from distant places view the deceased.
Passing away from coronavirus
Q: I have heard from someone that if one passes away because of cancer, they pass away as a Shaheed (that is they gain martyrdom). They also have said that if one passes away from the corona virus and any other such virus then they also pass away as a Shaheed. Is there any truth to these statements?
Ghusal for a person who passes away due to coronavirus
Q: If a person suffering from coronavirus dies, it is said that he shouldn't be given ghusal. Instead, he should be wrapped in a sheet and burried. The doctors say that giving ghusal increases the chances of spread of virus. What does shariat command us?
Posting pictures on social media in remembrance of marhooms
Q: Can we post pictures on social media in remembrance of marhooms?
Standing on one's shoes when performing janaazah salaah
Q: I read in Behishti Zewar that one can pray janaazah while standing on top of his shoes if the shoes are clean (paak). Do the soles of the shoe have to be paak too, or only the top part of the shoe has to be paak?
Reciting the dua in janaazah salaah without knowing the gender of the deceased
Q: I offered janaazah prayer behind an imam, but before the prayer, I did not know whether the janaazah was for a man, woman or child. During the prayer, I recited the dua that is recited for a man. After the prayer, I asked who the dead is, and it was a man. Will my janaazah prayer be valid?
Conveying reward of nafl salaah to one's deceased parents
Q: My parents have died and I want to perform 2 rakat nafil of bakhshish o maghfirat for them.
1. Can I perform this?
2. If yes, then please tell me what is the best way to do that?