Ghusal

Stillborn child

Q: Going through tough times. My wife delivered a stillborn baby boy 2 weeks ago. Please make dua that Allah keeps us both patient. We fully accept and are happy with the decree of Allah, we just feel sad and empty. There was an issue regarding the burial and washing and clothing of our son. I understand that because our son was a stillborn and was born dead no janazah was required. But what about ghusl and shrouding with white cloth, were they obligatory or not. My father asked a maulana and he said to bury him as he is. In the state of grieving I completely overlooked and was not thinking about this issue.

Some questions relating to ghusal and Janaazah Salaah

Q:

  1. Is there anything mention like that: “To participate in a janazah where the mayyit is a loved one, a pious person or a neighbor is better than the Nafl prayer.”
  2. How is that if announcement of someone’s death is made in the loud speaker where azan is normally given?
  3. Please give me the reference of this hadice, that the kaaba is the qiblah for the living and the dead (something to this effect)?
  4. Can the camphor oil be used instead of the camphor powder to rub on the sajdah places of the mayyit?
  5. Is it Sunnah to make khilal of the mayyit’s fingers, feets , beard, ears, nape etc same as it is Sunnah for the livings?

Some questions relating to maut and ghusal

Q:  

  1. Is it permissible to let the non muslim to visit the one close to death or after his death?
  2. Is the law of those who is in janabat similar to the non muslim in approaching the mayyit before and after his death?
  3. Is it sunnat muakkada to make the whole body face the qibla in the qabr?
  4. Is it mustahab to use gloves while washing the body (besides the private parts)?
  5. Which parts of the woman’s body the itr is applied?
  6. Is it the hunoot that is put on the sajdah places of the mayyit?