Answers: 178Funerals and rulings on graves
- 19,352
Ruling on eating food made by the family of the deceased for the condolence gathering or the forty-day anniversary of the death
- 6,431
Permissibility of weeping for the deceased and the prohibition on wailing
- 4,381
Does washing the deceased when he is frozen count as valid ghusl?
- 3,503
What should be done with regard to a limb that is severed from a human?
- 5,292
The wording of the prayer for forgiveness for the deceased after he is buried
- 2,636
Is it valid for one who has reached the age of discernment to wash the deceased?
- 9,135
Burying the deceased without washing him because his body is in pieces
- 4,490
The Sunnah is to do wudu’ for the deceased before ghusl
How to Look after Graves in Islam
The permissible ways of looking after graves include: Placing a marker at the head of the grave. Making the grave as high as a hand span only. The entire graveyard should be surrounded with a wall that will protect it. The prohibited ways of looking after graves include: Making the grave more than a hand span above ground level. Building structures over graves. Coating the grave with paint, plaster or any other type of adornment. Surrounding the grave with a fence. Writing on the grave. Planting trees on the grave, or planting greenery on it.22,197- 6,625
Ruling on offering condolences after three days
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