Reciting Kalimah Tayyibah and conveying the reward to the deceased
Q: Can you tell me good zikr for my forefathers and for my parents, something I can do in this world so they may get good place in the Aakhirah.
Janaazah
Conveying the reward of Salaatul Tasbeeh to someone
Q: Can salaatul tasbeeh be prayed with the intention of conveying its reward to someone else?
Planting flowers on a grave and cordoning off the grave with bricks
Q:
1. Is it permissible to plant flowers and plants on the kabr of the deceased.
2. Also advise if bricks are allowed to be built around the kabr.
Mixing sand from the grave of a deceased with water and drinking it
Q: My mother passed away 2 weeks ago and someone said that in order for us to gain sabr and comfort, we should take sand from the leg side of her kabr, mix it in water and drink. I feel this is wrong and would like to know is this acceptable in Islam.
Displaying pictures of the deceased
Q: If pictures of a deceased person are being displayed, who will be sinful, the deceased or the living?
Visiting the graves of pious people
Q: I just wanted to know if visiting Hazrats (Buzrugs) graves acceptable in Islam?
Conducting khatams after a person passes away
Q: Here in our area, when someone dies people do khatams like reading various zikrs like Subhan Allah for 1 lac times etc. so that the deceased might get sawab. Is there any Islamic basis for it? Also does the deceased really get sawab from this if his own children are doing these adhkars?
Living in a place where there is no Muslim cemetery
Q: Me and my wife life where there is no Muslim graveyard. There is only a Christian graveyard. My wife also reverted to Islam. If me or my wife die can we be buried in the Christian graveyard if we don't have money to send the body to a Muslim country. If someone makes our funeral in a Muslim country masjid while our body is not there, will this funeral be valid while we buried in this non muslim country?
Who should help with the burial arrangements
Q: In case of a death in a family, for example the father dies, then who is responsible for fulfilling the requirements such as bringing kafan, digging the grave, making arrangements for the guests to sit and stay, and so on? Because the near ones such as the wife, sons and daughters of the deceased are in grief, so they are not in a position to make necessary arrangements.
Angels descending with flowers at the time of death
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?