Answers: 178Funerals and rulings on graves
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What is the shar‘i wording of the will?
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It is haram to build anything over graves
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It is haram to bury the dead inside mosques
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Is it essential to be present at the moment a person dies, and what should those who are present do?
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Ruling on wearing black in mourning for the dead
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It is permissible for a woman to mourn for someone other than her husband for three days
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Can the funeral prayer be offered for one who did not pray?
Can Women Offer Janazah Prayer?
Praying the janazah (funeral) prayer is permissible for both men and women. But women should not follow the funeral procession to the graveyard. Also women are not allowed to visit graves.202,318- 27,609
The forty-day anniversary is a Pharaonic custom
Is One Rewarded for Preparing the Dead for Burial?
The one who prays the funeral prayer will have one Qirat (a huge mountain) of reward, and the one who accompanies the funeral procession to the burial will have two Qirats. There is no specific reward for washing the deceased. For the one who seeks reward by preparing the body we hope that there will be even more reward.42,241
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