janaazah

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?

How should a person who drowned or burnt to death be given ghusal?

Q:

1. If a person’s body was completely burnt, how should one carry out the ghusal?

2. Similarly, how should ghusal be carried out in cases where it is difficult to perform the ghusal (e.g. advanced stages of decomposition or a person drowned and his body was recovered after many days, due to which the flesh and skin are coming apart and disintegrating)?