Esaal-e-thawaab being distributed between the marhooms
Q: Does each person get a smaller share when one sends esaal-e-thawaab for all marhooms compared to if he only sent for one person?
Janaazah
Paying fidya for one's deceased parents if they did not make a bequest
Q:
1. My parents passed away when I was a minor. My mother was shot when I was 2 years old and my father was shot when I was 6 years old. Does that make both of them shaheed?
2. I'm unaware of any qadha salaahs or fast if they had any. I was told that my father used to cover up qadha salaahs, I'm not sure if he completed it. What must I do on behalf of them? I would have estimated how many salaahs and fasts they had from the age of their puberty till demise and paid for every salaah and fast but I'm not a wealthy person. I dont know if I should give kafaarah on their behalf for any qadha salaah and fasts and how much I need to pay for them both as I am unaware of the amount of qadha salaahs or fasts for them both. What must I do?
Soul being disturbed after burial
Q: I wanted to know if the following is true or not:
For two or three hours after the burial of a person, his soul is very disturbed. In such a situation, should the family members sit and read near the grave or from anywhere in the house and send reward for him?
Reciting Surah Faatihah and last ruku of Surah Baqarah after burying a person
Q: When the corpse is buried, one person stands at the head of the grave and recites Surah Faatihah and the other recites the last ruku of Surah Baqarah while standing at his feet. This is called (Talqeen) (indoctrination). Is it permissible to recite this?
Attending a 40th day khatam after a person passes away for esaale thawaab
Q: Is it permissible to keep or attend a small dawat on the 40th day of someone's funeral if you or they intend to keep it for esaale thawaab?
Making zikr and salawaat before picking up the janaazah
Q: Should we do zikr and salawaat before picking up the body to take for the salaatul janaazah?
Engaging in zikr collectively before the janaazah salaah
Q: Did our prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) take part in zikr before praying Salaatul Janaazah?
Performing janaazah salaah behind a Shafiee imaam
Q: If a person prays janaza salah behind a Shafi' who raises his hands at the takbirs, should the Hanafi follower do so too?
Ways of sending esaal-e-thawaab for the deceased
Q: What can I do to send thawaab (esaal-e-thawaab) for deceased people?
Burying relatives in the same grave and desiring to be buried near the pious
Q:
1. What is the status of burying relatives together in the same grave? For example, husband and wife, or grandmother and grandson, or even cousins etc. Is it a matter of ease and identification or is there benefit for the mayyit and the like?
2. Also, will it be right to delay the burial so that an existing grave could be dug up in order to bury relatives together? If so, how long of a delay will be tolerable? In other words, the qabrastaan has a grave open already but a relative grave is wanted instead, so that has to be dug out and prepared and that constitutes some delay.
3. Is it wrong to have a desire of being buried with a certain person, because it means one does not desire burial near Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) in Madina Shareef? For example, a person desires that he is buried near his mother. Or a person desires that he is buried near his pious Shaykh or pious Ustaad. So does this desire constitute disrespect to Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) because nobody is greater than Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) and/or burial in Medina Shareef?
Like someone says, "I want to be buried near my Shaykh" - so is that constituted disrespect to Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) and Madina Shareef?" I am asking based on arguments someone gave to me.