Janaazah

Q: Is it permissible to read Surah Yaseen or some other portion of the Quraan Majeed in front of a dead body?

Q: Is it permissible to go to your neighbour's ceremony where only a serene band is playing and singing about his deceased mum and no other prayers are performed? The neighbour is a Hindu.

Q: When there is a mayyit, before picking up the body from the house for burial, sometimes people are singing Naats etc.

I want to know if this is allowed provided no music is attached or is it totally prohibited?

Q: What will be the time for Nafl prayer for our dead relatives?

Q: I'd like to know if Hazrat Israeel (alaihis salaam) takes the souls of people from around the world simultaneously by himself or does he have help from other angels.

Q: Is it permissible for a husband to touch or kiss his wife's forehead after she has passed away?

Q: If a female happened to be present in the Haram Shareef during a janazah salaah, is she allowed to perform the salah?

Q: What is the ruling in Islam regarding simple (lifeless) decorations on the grave?

Q:

1. Who should participate in the ghusl of a deceased person? Should it be done by the experienced people of the burial society, or should the relatives do it? What does the Sharia and Sunnat prefer?

2. A person gives a directive while living that his children should not do his ghusl because it will be an emotional/traumatizing experience for them and it is better done by strangers. Is this thinking correct?

Q: If a person who suffers from waswasah, will he experience the waswasah when the angel of death is removing his soul?