Disposal of Specimens belonging to Muslims not collected from the lab

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, preferably in a cemetery, but also acceptable in…

Wuḍū and touching corpses, and crucial decisions at childbirth

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 a maḥram relative to the person touching. 2.…

Can Females follow a Janāzah procession?

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 are discouraged and frowned upon, although they do…

Is there Janazah Salah on a missing person?

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 might have died, without specific evidence to support…

Two persons in one grave

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, please consider the following: Burying two persons in…

The ghusl of a deceased transgender

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 will always be considered a male, and a…