Muslim doctor carrying out post mortems
Q: Is it permissible for a Muslim doctor to carry out postmortems on bodies?
Janaazah
Signs of someone passing away and what to recite
Q:
1. What are the signs of someone who is going to pass away, what should one look for?
2. In a case of a coma patient, what should one read into the patients ear when the doctors advise that it is near his/her time due to organ failure?
3. What zikr will make this time easy for the patient?
Reward for giving ghusl and enshrouding a deceased person
Q: Is there any reward mentioned in the Hadith for the one who gives ghusl to the deceased, enshrouds him in the kafan and buries him?
Performing fardh salaah in the cemetery
Q: Can one read fardh salaah in the cemetery?
Asking a deceased wali to make dua for oneself
Q: Is it permissible to ask a deceased wali (or a deceased murshid) to do dua for oneself?
Dua in Janaazah Salaah
Q: One of the duas in Janaazah Namaaz is "Allahuma aghfirli hayyina" is tough for me to remember. Kindly suggest an easier dua in place of it if allowed.
Extending condolences to a non-Muslim friends family
Q: Is it permissible to extend condolences to a non-Muslim friends family?
Reciting Quraan in front of a deceased body
Q: Is it permissible to read Surah Yaseen or some other portion of the Quraan Majeed in front of a dead body?
Attending a ceremony which is held in honour of a deceased kaafir
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.
Singing naats before picking up the mayyit from the house for burial
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?