Q: I am leaving for umrah but will be spending a night and day in Jeddah. I have been told that my brother and I can wear our ihraam in Jeddah before we leave for Makkah the next day. Please clarify if this is true.

Q:

1. A person is compiling a directory. Is it permissible for him to include the following places with their addresses and telephone numbers in the directory; escort agencies, liquor stores, churches, temples, casinos etc?

2. If someone asks you to assist him to find the addresses and telephone numbers of the following places; escort agencies, liquor stores, churches, temples, casinos etc, is it permissible for you to assist him in this regard?

Q: Is it permissible to make announcements before and after the Janazah Salaah for people to claim the money that the deceased owed them?

Q: Can one contribute to the burial of a minor non-Muslim child considering that all children are born Muslims?

Q: If an agreement is reached with the non Muslim family that the Muslims will do the ghusal, kafan and janaza namaz and thereafter hand over the body to the deceased’s non Muslim family. Will this be incorrect?

Q: If a Muslim was buried in a non-Muslim graveyard by his non-Muslims relatives, and ghusal and the Janaazah Salaah were not performed prior to the burial, can the body be exhumed for the ghusal and Janaazah Salaah to be performed? 

Q: Can Janaazah Salaah be performed for a deceased who passes away in a) another country, b) drowned or involved in a plane crash where the body has not been recovered?

Q: Can the imam of a masjid prevent a janaza of a musalli being performed in the sehn of the masjid because the marhoom belonged to a different school of thought, for example the marhoom use to engage in bid’ah practices or the imam knows that the family member or appointed imam will be making a dua after the janaza namaaz?

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?