Reciting the kalimah before death
Q: What should be the last words we say before death? Should it be:
1. La ilaha illallah - or
2. La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah?
Janaazah
Women visiting the graveyard
Q:
1. Further to your advice that grave photography is undesirable, please advise in detail.
2. Are women forbidden to visit the graveyard? Under what circumstances are women forbidden to join salatul-Janazah?
Standing in front of the grave
Q: When a person visits a grave, on which side should he stand?
Reciting إنّا لله وإنّا إليه راجعون upon hearing the death of a non-Muslim
Q: Is it permissible to recite إنّا لله وإنّا إليه راجعون when learning of the demise of a non-muslim?
Conversing with the dead
Q: Are there known accounts of pious people having the ability to stand by graves and converse with the marhooms buried below?
Identifying a female dead body
Q: How do we identify an abandoned dead body of a girl whether she is muslim or not?
Taking a photo of a grave with the intention of showing the close family
Q: Am I allowed to take a picture of my father's grave on my phone to show my mother and sister? After showing it to them, I will delete the picture.
What to recite at the graveside
Q: What should one recite at a deceased persons grave as a means of thawaab for them if one cannot recite surah yaseen?
Being buried next to one's family members
Q: Is it compulsory that one has to be buried only next to one's own family members?
Performing Janaazah Salaah before the nikaah
Q: Which takes preference in Islam, a janaazah or Nikaah? Which should be done first?