Fatwas Archive

Question: A man who was openly sinful died; on the day of his death he had not prayed the dawn prayer. His son asks: is it permissible for him to visit him?

Question: What is the manner of visiting graves? And what is the ruling on seeking blessing (tabarruk) from graves and on touching them? And what is the ruling on praying near them?

Question: Is it valid for a person to show filial piety to his parents by offering a voluntary prayer and intending to gift its reward to their souls?

Question: His saying, Exalted is He, “They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who has raised us from our sleeping place?’” [Yā Sīn:52]—does this verse contradict the affirmation of punishment in the grave and the life of the barzakh? How do...

Question: How can there be punishment in the grave when it is known that the body decays and disintegrates until it becomes dust? Likewise, how can there be bliss for the believer if that is the case?

Question: If a person dies and his brothers and their children wish to give charity on his behalf, will that charity reach the deceased and benefit him by its reward, or not?

Question: In our land, when someone dies, it is customary that the heirs erect a tent to receive those offering condolences. The heirs must incur expenses for coffee, dates, and meat for guests among kin, friends, and relatives—this is unavoidable....

Question: A student of knowledge may face a problem: he is often compelled to attend condolence gatherings, and the deceased may be one who abandoned prayer. Customarily, the student is the one who recites and supplicates at such gatherings and...

Question: An openly sinful person may die and people gather for condolences. We sometimes refrain from attending to avoid reciting over the sinful deceased. However, those of an opposing madhhab may exploit our absence by attending and preaching. What do...

Question: If the family of the deceased are openly sinful, is it permissible to offer them condolences?