Burial services
Q: Certain burial organizations run their service for burials as a business, what is the ruling?
Q: Certain burial organizations run their service for burials as a business, what is the ruling?
Q: What is the definition of guraba and what is a guraba fund? What can this money be used for?
Q:
1. Is insurance schemes for burial permitted?
2. Is a saving scheme run by an organization permitted whereby every month you contribute an x amount and at the time of death, the organization will take care of burials, provide food, chairs etc.
Q: Some of the coverings of the janaaza carriers have Arabic/Quranic inscriptions. Is this permitted?
Q: When a person passes away, then one of the legal requirements is to take thumbprints. Generally a lot of difficulty is experienced in taking the thumbprints. Hence, under the circumstance, can the thumbprint of a woman be taken by non mahrams?
Q: Is it permissible for one to purchase a grave for oneself before one's death?
Q: Can one own a qabar in a graveyard?
Q: I read in Bahishti Zewar that a woman with haidh or nifaas should not stay near the mayyit. What if someone exothermally close passes away? Should the lady not come near the mayyit?
Q: In my country, many people are talking about bid'ah. Can you explain to me about this?
1. Lectures in the graveyard.
2. Using microphone and speakers for Azaan?
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