FILED UNDER: ANS Death, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: burial, debt, expiation, funeral, funeral prayer, grief
/by YusufUstadh Farid Dingle is asked about paying past debts, how to prepare one’s will including instructions for one’s funeral and what must be done. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. 1. In the past I wronged my employer, I recently explained to him what I did and offered to pay him back […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Prayer, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan Question: Assalam alaykum, I have recently attended an Islamic funeral where the imam asked the congregation to turn away from the deceased before making dua. Does this has any basis? Answer:Wa alaykum salam May Allah reward you for your question I’ve attended a similar janazah procession where the Imam instructed […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Health & Wellbeing, Knowledge, Obituary, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Al-Maqasid, Allah, burial, death, dying, graves, IMAM TAHIR ANWAR, islam, Knowledge, love, mercy, prayer, reminder, seeking knowledge, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, spirituality, sunna, Video
/by AishaHow much do you know about the fiqh of burial? Do you know what is the first call to make when someone dies? What sort of preparation do you need to make? Is there a religious significance to washing the shroud in Zamzam water? What sort of instructions should you give to your relatives? Is […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: burial, Deceased, turban
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Umer Mian Question: Assalam aleykum, Can you put a turban on the deceased and bury him with it? Answer: Wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu The most correct opinion in the Hanafi madhab (al-qawl al-asahh) is that it is makruh (disliked) to place an ‘imamah (turban) on the deceased. This is […]
FILED UNDER: Featured Articles, Prophetic Guidance
TAGGED WITH:: burial, death, dying, funeral, grief, grieving, Imam Khalid Latif, janazah, loss, widow, widower
/by Content TeamThere is a narration that is found in the Islamic tradition in which a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, named Abdur Rahman ibn Awf speaks about visiting the Prophet’s infant son, Ibrahim. In this particular narration, he mentions that the Prophet kisses Ibrahim and takes him close, and then later begins […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: burial, death, delaying burial, time of burial
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: There is a situation in my family concerning my ill grandfather. In the event that he were to pass, I fear that there would be family discord if we were to bury him immediately without waiting for his son to arrive. Given his location, this would realistically require 2-3 […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: burial, cemetery, grave, gravestone
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: The only Muslim cemetery where I live is controlled by a mosque of a different islamic sensibility. We have been trying to get their leader to allow us to bury our dead with gravestones, but their shaykh says it is shirk. Could you clarify the Hanafi position on gravestones? […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: burial, caskets, coffins, prophetic way in burial, shroud
/by ErinAnswered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: According to local law here, a body cannot be wrapped only in a cloth and buried; it must be enclosed in a casket. Is it not improper to be buried in a fully enclosed container, according to Islamic law? What if the body is in a casket, but there […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: burial, directive, estate division, Muslim cemetery, probate, wills
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: My question is about Islamic requirements for what to do after death. I just told my mother that I’m Muslim after converting from Christianity four years ago. My sister does not even know yet. My father died many years ago when I was young. We all miss […]
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