What is a guraba fund?
Q: What is the definition of guraba and what is a guraba fund? What can this money be used for?
Janaazah
Burying the deceased in a coffin
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.
Burial insurance
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.
Quranic inscriptions on the janaazah carriers
Q: Some of the coverings of the janaaza carriers have Arabic/Quranic inscriptions. Is this permitted?
Non-mahram taking thumbprints of the deceased
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?
Who should sit in the hearse with the driver?
Q: Is there any particular ruling as to who should sit in the hearse with the driver?
At what speed should the hearse be driven?
Q: What speed must the hearse be driven? Normally the hearse is driven slowly at around 80km to the qabrastan, however when transporting the body from the hospital to the ghusal facility or when traveling a long distance from Harrismith to Durban, the hearse is driven fast.
Placing a cloth over the grave when burying a female
Q: Is it fardh to place a cloth over a female’s grave when burying her?
Method of placing the planks in the grave
Q: Is there any order in placing the planks in the grave e.g. starting from head side for females and starting from the feet side for males?
Reserving a grave
Q: Can a qabar be reserved for family members perpetually?