Q: If you are a trustee of a public qabrastaan, can you reserve burial sites for yourself or your family members?

Q: Must the gravedigger be a Muslim?

Q: Can zakaat funds be given to the family to pay for burial expenses? e.g. If the family is poor, zakaat is given to them and they are told to use it for the payment of the burial expenses.

Q: Certain burial organizations run their service for burials as a business, what is the ruling?

Q: What is the definition of guraba and what is a guraba fund? What can this money be used for?

Q: In a case where a person is suffering from a communicable disease, the legal requirement is for the mayyit to be buried in a sealed coffin. How should the body be placed in the coffin? In some countries this is a normal requirement.

Q:

1. Is insurance schemes for burial permitted?

2. Is a saving scheme run by an organization permitted whereby every month you contribute an x amount and at the time of death, the organization will take care of burials, provide food, chairs etc.

Q: Some of the coverings of the janaaza carriers have Arabic/Quranic inscriptions. Is this permitted?

Q: When a person passes away, then one of the legal requirements is to take thumbprints. Generally a lot of difficulty is experienced in taking the thumbprints. Hence, under the circumstance, can the thumbprint of a woman be taken by non mahrams?

Q: Is there any particular ruling as to who should sit in the hearse with the driver?