Janaazah

Q: I wish to inquire what is the mas’alah with regards to women attending the funeral home of the deceased on the day of the janaazah. Please enlighten us with regards to the following:

1. Is it permissible for the general women of the community who are not the close family of the deceased to attend the home of the mayyit on the day of the janaazah as is the practice nowadays?

2. The mayyit house gets packed to capacity with women of the community (not necessarily the close family members but the general women). Will this be considered as causing takleef to the bereaved women of the house or not?

3. Which women are regarded as the close family members of the deceased?

4. Please explain the proper Shar’ee procedure for women to follow with regards to attending funeral homes?

Q: My mother passed away 6 months ago and a fraction of my siblings make it a ritual to visit her grave every Sunday. They have been doing so religiously without fail since the day she was laid to rest. They recite a few verses and the gravesight is made beautiful and has the greenest grass. How does this benefit the dead?

Q: How one can we identify a dead womans body if she was a Muslim or kafir woman?

Q: I read in an online fatwa that "In Faatawa Shaamiyah, it is stated that when bathing the mayyit, water should not be too hot as the mayyit also feels pain and is harmed just as the living."

Since this indicates that the mayyit is sensitive for temperatures, does it mean that he may also be harmed when his body is placed in the Mortuary Fridges, where the temperature is cold? Does his feeling end after burial, or will he also feel the cold earth, the insects physically biting him etc?

Q: It is a family practice to always make dua for all the deceased before leaving the graveyard. Is this according to the Sunnah and is this permissible?

Q: I recently read on one of the answers that it is incorrect to plant trees on the grave. Is it permissible then to remove these plants from the grave?

Q: What is the difference in the words janaza and mayyit?

Q: Is it permissible for women to visit the qabrastan?

Q: Is it permissible to read janazah salaah on two floors?