What the Living Can Do for the Dead: According to the Qur’an and Sunna and the Opinions of the Classical Scholars of Islam
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This comprehensive yet accessible manual guides readers through the Islamic rites and responsibilities following a person’s death. Drawing from the Qur’an, Sunnah, and classical scholarship across all four Sunni schools of thought, it addresses;
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Procedures upon death
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Rites of preparing the body for burial
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Bathing and shrouding the deceased
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Funeral prayer procedures
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Etiquette for visiting graves
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Posthumous donations of reward (isal al-thawab)
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Atonements, expiations, and settling debts on behalf of the deceased
The book answers practical questions such as the permissibility of transporting a body abroad for burial and placing headstones on graves.
Author:
Dr. Shahrul Hussain
Editor:
White Thread Press
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