Friday, 25 September 202614 Rabīʿ al-thānī 1448 AH
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In Islam, parts severed from a living body deserve the same respect accorded to a deceased body. 2. Such respect is demonstrated through burial,…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. In terms of the Shāfiʿī madhhab, the wuḍū breaks by touching a dead body of a person of the opposite sex who is not…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته 1. There is a consensus in our madhhab that it is makrūh for females to follow the Janāzah procession. Makrūh refers to actions that…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته The obligation to perform ṣalāt al-janāzah sets in when it becomes known that a person has died. When it is merely suspected that he…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Regarding your question on the permissibility of burying two persons in one grave, with one above the other and a barrier of sand between them,…
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته It is important to clarify that in Islam, an individual’s biological sex remains unchanged regardless of any alterations they make to their body. A male…
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