Building toilets in the graveyard
Q: Are you allowed to build a toilet in the qabrastan or must it be built in a separate area?
Janaazah
Muslims buried in a non-Muslim graveyard
Q: In the brook street cemetery outside the muslim fence in the non muslim area, muslims have purchased sites through corruption. Muslims have already been buried in this non muslim section. What will be the ruling. The council has put a stop to burials in these graves after finding out about the corrupt sales.
Charging a fee for the use of the ghusal khaana
Q: Can the trustees of the ghusal khana force family or burial societies using the facility to pay a fee for use of the ghusal facility?
Announcements regarding outstanding debts of the deceased
Q: Is it permissible to make announcements before and after the Janazah Salaah for people to claim the money that the deceased owed them?
Contributing towards the burial of a non-Muslim child
Q: Can one contribute to the burial of a minor non-Muslim child considering that all children are born Muslims?
Handing over the body of a deceased Muslim to his non-Muslim family members
Q: If an agreement is reached with the non Muslim family that the Muslims will do the ghusal, kafan and janaza namaz and thereafter hand over the body to the deceased’s non Muslim family. Will this be incorrect?
Deceased buried in a non-Muslim graveyard without ghusal and Janaazah Salaah
Q: If a Muslim was buried in a non-Muslim graveyard by his non-Muslims relatives, and ghusal and the Janaazah Salaah were not performed prior to the burial, can the body be exhumed for the ghusal and Janaazah Salaah to be performed?
Performing Janaazah Salaah for a deceased that is not present
Q: Can Janaazah Salaah be performed for a deceased who passes away in a) another country, b) drowned or involved in a plane crash where the body has not been recovered?
Imaam preventing the janaazah of a certain person from being performed in the sehn of the Musjid
Q: Can the imam of a masjid prevent a janaza of a musalli being performed in the sehn of the masjid because the marhoom belonged to a different school of thought, for example the marhoom use to engage in bid’ah practices or the imam knows that the family member or appointed imam will be making a dua after the janaza namaaz?
Reserving a grave in a public graveyard
Q: If you are a trustee of a public qabrastaan, can you reserve burial sites for yourself or your family members?