When I visited my doctor and she examined me, she said that the foetus had no heartbeat and that I should abort it because it had died at the age of two and half months. What is the ruling on taking some herbal medicines to abort the foetus? Is there any sin on me if [...]

Can I say Subhaan-Allaah one hundred times or some other dhikr, praying that the reward for that will be give to my father and mother? My father has died and my mother is still alive. Praise be to Allaah. The scholars differed as to whether it is permissible to give reward to the dead and [...]

What is the ruling on one who reads Qur

When I read the Holy Qur’aan I would like my relatives who passed away to benefit from my reading .Besides,I want to make supplications after reading the Qur’aan for myself and my family.What actions are exactly to be done ,for as far as I know raising hands and wiping the face are bid’ah? Praise be [...]

Can I divide my hasanaat into three parts – one third for me, one third for my mother and one third for my father? i.e., all the hasanaat earned by doing good deeds for which a person can be rewarded throughout his day and night, such as tasbeeh, asking for forgiveness, charity and du

If a person offers a sacrifice on behalf of his deceased father or gives charity on his behalf or prays for him, and visits his grave, will he be aware that it is from his son so-and-so?. Praise be to Allaah. What is indicated by the Islamic texts is that the deceased benefits from charity [...]

Is it permissible to announce the death of someone who died in the village on a board that is placed in the mosque for that purpose?. Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: Announcing a death in a manner that resembles the kind of death announcements that are forbidden is not permissible. As for announcing it among [...]

In our mosque there is a bier for carrying the deceased, and a platform for ghusl (washing the deceased) that is made of iron. We do not know whether it is permissible to carry the deceased on this kind of iron. Praise be to Allaah. We do not know of anything wrong with that. We [...]

If a person dies by burning is he regarded as a martyr?. Praise be to Allaah. The one who dies by burning is a martyr, because of the report narrated by Ahmad (23804), Abu Dawood (3111) and al-Nasaa

A woman died and there was a foetus in her womb who the doctors determined was still alive. Is it permissible in this case to do a Caesarian in order to take out the foetus?. Praise be to Allaah. If a woman dies with a foetus in her womb, and there is the hope that [...]

When a person dies what are the circumstances that they cannot be prayed upon before being inserted into the grave. Praise be to Allaah. The funeral prayer is a communal obligation (fard kifaayah) that must be offered for anyone who dies and was apparently Muslim, even if he or she committed major sins. An-Nawawi (may [...]

I was in a converstation with a follower of the sufi way of islam and that person asked me what did i think about praying at the graves, or about religious scholars interceding during the day of judgement. i told that person that praying to someones grave is shirk and no one can interceed except [...]