deceased

Unpaid zakaat of the deceased and fidyah for the missed Salaahs and Fasts

Q: I am required to pay the religious liabilities and obligations of my deceased father . I am unsure about the various categories of the obligations for e.g. unperformed Salaah, zakat , unkept fast. I wish to settle the amount up to a maximum of 1/3 of the estate but I am unsure how to categorize the payment . How is the obligation defined/ categorised?

Can the estate of the deceased be made liable for damages?

Q: Person A invited Person B to come to Maclear (Eastern Cape) for Edul Adha Person A adviced person Person B to take sheep down to Pietermaritzburg with Person A's vehicle (Toyota Hilux) and person A will then bring down Person B's vehicle (VW Polo) to Pietermaritzburg in the weekend and collect his Vehicle (Toyota Hilux) Person B then took Person A's vehicle and proceeded to Pietermaritzburg after Edul Adha and then on Saturday (17-09-2016) person A left Maclear with person B's vehicle (VW Polo) for Pietermaritzburg via Port Shepstone On the way just before Paddock, person A met up in an accident and passed away. Car was wriiten off. It is evident from the pictures of the car and police report that person a was speeding and overtaking on a double barrier line at the time of the accident. Fatwa required. Person B wants to know if the estate is liable for replacing his vehicle (VW Polo)?

Are the deceased aware of the happenings of this world?

Q:

1. Can a dead Muslim feel the feelings of his close relatives after his death? i.e their sorrows, weeping, happiness and they are remembering him or not after him/her? The soul of a good Muslim can come in the world to know about his family? I heard that the soul come to the place where he/she died for forty days. And they come if there is halwa or some good thing cooked like chicken and if there is lentil like masur dal then they go away, I heard that it is common concept of deobandis and bralvis.

2. Do we feel or see the souls of our close relatives? What is the reality of dreams about dead ones?

3. Dead can not hear us? but most muftis say that they can hear due to prophet saw used to say salam to them.

Surah fatir وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَحْيَاءُ وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ

surah naml إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ

surah roam فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ

Delaying in performing the Janaazah Salaah and burying the deceased

Q:

1. What is the shar’ee ruling in the situation where a foreigner passes away and his family from his home country makes a request for his body to be sent to them. In this case it is a legal requirement for a chemical to be injected into the veins of the deceased to keep the body from decomposing. Is this allowed in Shariah since it is a legal requirement?

2. If a foreigner passes away and his family from his home country makes a request for his body to be sent to them, then before sending the body overseas, do we have to carry out the ghusal, kaffan and perform the janaazah salaah? Once the family receives the body, will they have to repeat the ghusal and janaazah salaah?