Purchasing a grave in a qabrastaan
Q: Is it permissible to buy a qabar (grave) in a qabristan and keep it only for the family members who die? No outsiders are allowed to be buried in it.
Q: Is it permissible to buy a qabar (grave) in a qabristan and keep it only for the family members who die? No outsiders are allowed to be buried in it.
Q:
1. When a Muslim passes away and the body is brought home after the ghusl, should the body be placed on the ground? Or should it be placed on a table?
2. Should people sit around the body and recite or should they stand around the body? Please advise on what is preferable or ideal.
Q: Can a woman go to the graveyard to visit the grave of her parents? Not often, just once in a while and that too in complete purdah?
Q: Should Ulama attend and perform the janaazah of a person who committed suicide?
Q: Is it considered Sadaqatul Jaariya if I purchase a Quraan audio reciter device and whenever anyone listens to the Quraan from this device during my lifetime and after my death I will get thawaab?
Q: In Haramain Shareefain, usually there is janaazah namaaz after every namaaz and sometimes the janaazah is for the adults as well as children. Which dua do we have to recite in the prayer? Only adult's dua or both, the duas for adults and children.
Q: Can a person make a wasiyyat as to whom should be at the funeral or who should be at the deathbed and who not?
Q: What does it mean when a dead person tears whilst putting surma in their eyes during the ghusl?
Q: I want to know about sadaqah. My mother passed away and I want to give some sadaqah in her name. Is this allowed in Islam?
Which type of sadaqah good for her? Can I give some money to poor people or to a Masjid on behalf of my mother?
Q: Is it permissible to do certain things in dedication of a deceased person? For example, if the deceased used to like racing or boxing, can we do the same in memory of the deceased?