Janaazah

Q: A close family member of a person passes away. What is the sunnah way of consoling the person?

Q: Can nawaafil Salaah be read for a deceased?

Q: Is it permissible to place flowers on graves?

Q: Should a grave be marked with a name plate for identification purposes or not?

Q: Is it best for the grave to be flat or slightly raised? If raised, then how high?

Q: Please explain the following:

1. Is a grave sacred land?

2. Is it best for it to be flat with no heap of sand rising?

3. Should a grave be unmarked with no plank or name-plate or is it better to have it to help identify where a person is buried?

4. Can flowers etc be planted on a grave?

5. Is there reward in spending money on maintaining a cemetery including removing weeds from the graves?

Q: I have bought a jah-e-namaz (musala) and want that the sawaab from it can be given to my grand mother, means that he sawaab from it gets included in my grand mother's account. Is it possible?

Q: Can a son in-law go in the grave to bury the mother in-law?

Q: According to a Sahih Hadith of Abu Dawood the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) had installed a head stone on the grave of a Sahabi for the purpose of identification in order that other family members could be buried near him. Accordingly the majority of the Ulama (including the salafi scholars are also in agreement) a grave stone can be installed as a marker. However the members of the managing committee of the graveyard of our town are forcibly stopping people from acting on this hadith giving their own personal reasons. Are they justified in forcibly preventing their Muslim brethren to act on a proven example of our beloved Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)? Please give your opinion.

Q: My question is can we keep stones and names written of the person's date of birth and expired date on his grave stone?