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Can the funeral prayer be offered for one who did not pray?
Can Women Offer Janazah Prayer?
Praying the janazah (funeral) prayer is permissible for both men and women. But women should not follow the funeral procession to the graveyard. Also women are not allowed to visit graves.201,820- 27,554
The forty-day anniversary is a Pharaonic custom
Is One Rewarded for Preparing the Dead for Burial?
The one who prays the funeral prayer will have one Qirat (a huge mountain) of reward, and the one who accompanies the funeral procession to the burial will have two Qirats. There is no specific reward for washing the deceased. For the one who seeks reward by preparing the body we hope that there will be even more reward.42,062- 35,035
Offering condolences to a non-Muslim on the death of a relative
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Untying the knots and exposing the face of the deceased when burying him
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His friend became an atheist then he died. Can he offer the funeral prayer for him and say du’aa’ for him?
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Ruling on mentioning the gender of the deceased to the members of the congregation before offering the funeral prayer
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How to offer the funeral prayer over more than one grave
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Competing to carry the bier
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