Ghusal

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?

Some questions relating to ghusal of the deceased

Q:

  1. Can we wash the thigh of a mayyit (not the extreme private part) directly with the hand (without the gloves)?
  2. Is it sunnah to clean the mouth and nose of the mayyit with the left hand while making wudhu?
  3. Do I have to start the wudhu for the mayyit by washing the hand first or just by washing the mouth?
  4. Do I have to make khilal of the mayyit’s fingers, feets , beard, ears, nape etc?