Q: I am required to pay the religious liabilities and obligations of my deceased father . I am unsure about the various categories of the obligations for e.g. unperformed Salaah, zakat , unkept fast. I wish to settle the amount up to a maximum of 1/3 of the estate but I am unsure how to categorize the payment . How is the obligation defined/ categorised?
Q: Is it permissible to do qurbani for your late brother if qurbani was not performed for him while living?
Q:
1. In which direction should the deceased be placed while giving the ghusal?
2. After the ghusal, when the deceased is brought to the home before being taken for the Janaazah Salaah, in which position should the deceased be placed?
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?
Q: When my grandmother passed away, I gave her ghusal along with other women. But when she died, at that time my menstruation was completed (7 days) but I didn't take a bath after period. Is it a sin and was her ghusal incomplete because of me?
Q: Person A invited Person B to come to Maclear (Eastern Cape) for Edul Adha Person A adviced person Person B to take sheep down to Pietermaritzburg with Person A's vehicle (Toyota Hilux) and person A will then bring down Person B's vehicle (VW Polo) to Pietermaritzburg in the weekend and collect his Vehicle (Toyota Hilux) Person B then took Person A's vehicle and proceeded to Pietermaritzburg after Edul Adha and then on Saturday (17-09-2016) person A left Maclear with person B's vehicle (VW Polo) for Pietermaritzburg via Port Shepstone On the way just before Paddock, person A met up in an accident and passed away. Car was wriiten off. It is evident from the pictures of the car and police report that person a was speeding and overtaking on a double barrier line at the time of the accident. Fatwa required. Person B wants to know if the estate is liable for replacing his vehicle (VW Polo)?
Q: I read in Bahishti Zewar that a woman with haidh or nifaas should not stay near the mayyit. What if someone exothermally close passes away? Should the lady not come near the mayyit?
Q:
1. Can a dead Muslim feel the feelings of his close relatives after his death? i.e their sorrows, weeping, happiness and they are remembering him or not after him/her? The soul of a good Muslim can come in the world to know about his family? I heard that the soul come to the place where he/she died for forty days. And they come if there is halwa or some good thing cooked like chicken and if there is lentil like masur dal then they go away, I heard that it is common concept of deobandis and bralvis.
2. Do we feel or see the souls of our close relatives? What is the reality of dreams about dead ones?
3. Dead can not hear us? but most muftis say that they can hear due to prophet saw used to say salam to them.
Surah fatir وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَحْيَاءُ وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ
surah naml إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
surah roam فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
Q:
1. What is the shar’ee ruling in the situation where a foreigner passes away and his family from his home country makes a request for his body to be sent to them. In this case it is a legal requirement for a chemical to be injected into the veins of the deceased to keep the body from decomposing. Is this allowed in Shariah since it is a legal requirement?
2. If a foreigner passes away and his family from his home country makes a request for his body to be sent to them, then before sending the body overseas, do we have to carry out the ghusal, kaffan and perform the janaazah salaah? Once the family receives the body, will they have to repeat the ghusal and janaazah salaah?
Q: Mordy ke jism se koi bhi cheez maslan baal ya nahon katna kesa?