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Signs of a Good End in Islam
Signs of a good end in Islam are: • Uttering the Shahadah (testimony of faith) when dying. • Dying with sweat on the forehead. • Dying on the night or day of Friday. • Dying as a fighter for the sake of Allah. • Dying of plague. • Dying of a stomach disease. • Dying because of being crushed by a falling wall or by drowning. • A woman dying as a result of childbirth, or when she is pregnant. • Death caused by burning, pleurisy and tuberculosis. • Dying while defending one’s religion, wealth or life. • Dying while guarding the borders of Islam for the sake of Allah. • Dying whilst doing a righteous deed.317,700Ruling on eating food made by the family of the deceased for the condolence gathering or the forty-day anniversary of the death
18,918Permissibility of weeping for the deceased and the prohibition on wailing
6,341Does washing the deceased when he is frozen count as valid ghusl?
4,331What should be done with regard to a limb that is severed from a human?
3,461The wording of the prayer for forgiveness for the deceased after he is buried
5,239Is it valid for one who has reached the age of discernment to wash the deceased?
2,604Burying the deceased without washing him because his body is in pieces
8,936The Sunnah is to do wudu’ for the deceased before ghusl
4,430How to Look after Graves in Islam
The permissible ways of looking after graves include: • Placing a marker at the head of the grave. • Making the grave as high as a hand span only. • The entire graveyard should be surrounded with a wall that will protect it. The prohibited ways of looking after graves include: • Making the grave more than a hand span above ground level. • Building structures over graves. • Coating the grave with paint, plaster or any other type of adornment. • Surrounding the grave with a fence. • Writing on the grave. • Planting trees on the grave, or planting greenery on it.21,641
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