By Asma bint Shameem
So the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam closed his eyes and
said: 'When the soul is seized and it leaves the body, the eyes follow it.”
(Muslim)
Then he said: 'O Allaah! Forgive Abu Salamah; raise his station
among those who are rightly-guided; and take good care of his family that he
has left behind. O Lord of the Worlds! Forgive him and us, make his grave
spacious, and put light therein for him." (Muslim and others)
Basically washing the deceased male or female is through the
following steps.
It can be done this way or any other way as long as water
reaches all over the body and nothing remains dry.
a. First cover the body with a sheet so that it's not exposed.
b. Put on gloves and wash the private parts by pouring water
over the area.
c. Do wudhu for the person who passed away like we make wudhu.
Wipe over the mouth and nose with water, wash the face and arms,
wipe the head and ears, and wash the feet.
d. Mix water with some lotus leaves and pour this water over the
head, then over the right side, then over the left side, then pour water all
over the body.
If lotus leaves are not available then we can use soap etc
e. Repeat this three times or if needed five or seven.
It's better to do it an odd number of times.
f. When washing for the last time, it's good to add camphor to
the water to add some pleasant fragrance.
g. Next braid the woman's hair into 3 braids
h. Shroud the deceased and apply camphor as perfume to the body.
He said, “Rather, I should say, Oh my head. It will not matter
if you die before me, for I will wash you and shroud you, then I will offer the
funeral prayer for you and bury you.” (Ahmad, 25380; Ibn Maajah, 1456; saheeh
by al-Albaani)
(Majmoo’ Fataawa Wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah Li Samaahat Vol. 13,
P. 107)
And it could be both before as well as after shrouding.
But the face should not be uncovered once the body is placed in
the grave.
As for a woman, it’s better to cover her face and only her
mahrams can see it if they want to do that.
And Aa’ishah radhi Allaahu anhaa said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah
Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam kiss ‘Uthmaan ibn Maz‘oon after he died, and I even saw his tears flowing. And she said:
“Abu Bakr came to see the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam when he was wrapped in a striped cloak [after he died]. He uncovered his face, then he leaned over him and kissed him, then he wept and said: May my father be sacrificed for you, O Prophet of Allaah; Allah will not cause you to die twice.” These hadiths are saheeh.” (al-Mughni (2/350)
Rather any ordinary clothes can be worn.
There’s NO PROOF that Surah al-Faatihah or Yaseen or any other
part of the Qur’aan be read for the dying or deceased.
Rather we should make duaa for the deceased.
“There is NO REPORT in the Holy Qur’aan or in the Sunnah of the
Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam, or from his companions to
indicate that it is prescribed to give one's reading of Qur’aan (or the reward
thereof) to one's parents or to anyone else.
Rather Allaah has enjoined reading Qur’aan so that one may
BENEFIT from it, LEARN from it, PONDER its meanings and ACT upon it.
If giving the reward for reading to another was permissible or
prescribed, the righteous salaf would have done it.
*It is NOT PERMISSIBLE to make ANALOGIES with regard to acts of
worship, because they can ONLY be proven by a text from the Book of Allaah
Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala or the Sunnah of His Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa
Sallam*, because of the hadeeth quoted above and other similar reports.”
10. Duaa should be made for the deceased INDIVIDUALLY and NOT collectively in a group.
There’s no proof from the practice of the Prophet Sal Allaahu
Alaiyhi wa Sallam that he or his Sahaabah ever got together as an ‘organized’
event to offer duaa collectively after anyone passed away.
When someone amongst them passed away, the Prophet sal Allaahu
Alayhi wa sallam and his Sahaabah would bury them then the Prophet sal Allaahu
Alayhi wa sallam would encourage them to make duaa for the deceased.
However, they did so INDIVIDUALLY.
And NOT as a group.
He said: “This is not part of the Sunnah of the Messenger Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam or the way of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs (may Allaah be pleased with them), rather the Messenger Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam used to tell them to pray for forgiveness for the deceased and ask for him to be made steadfast, INDIVIDUALLY and not together.” (Fataawa al-Janaa’iz, p. 228)
There’s NO PROOF from the Sharee’ah of holding gatherings of
reading the Qur’aan for the deceased on the third day or tenth day or fortieth
day or anniversary etc.
Many people died in the lifetime of the Prophet sal Allaahu
Alayhi wa sallam.
But he never held such gatherings. And neither did the Sahaabah.
If it was good then surely they would have done it.
But they didn’t.
This is one of the actions of the Jaahiliyyah, whether it is
done on the day of the death, or on the fourth or tenth day after the death, or
at the new year. All of that is not permitted.
But if guests come to the family of the deceased during the
mourning period, there is nothing wrong with them making food for them for the
sake of hospitality, and there is nothing wrong with the household inviting
whoever they want of their neighbors and relatives to eat with them from the
food that has been given to them.” (Majmoo’ Fataawa)
Condolences can be offered at ANY time.
There’s no specific time limit for doing that.
And Allaah knows best
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