Even though death is the only thing that every human being will experience.
And though losing a loved one is never easy, knowledge empowers you to be able to make the best decisions for your loved one as they transition.
Indeed, you are to die,
and indeed, they are to die.
Surat Al-Zumar v. 30
THE LAST BREATH
FIQH OF DEATH & INHERITANCE
Register Now“I have never seen anything that is certain, with absolutely no doubt about it, that is taken as doubtful as if there is no certainty about it more than death.”
AlHassan Al-Basri
We plan for weddings
but we don’t plan for funerals.
- Legal stances on modern issues, like organ donation, induced comas, palliative care, life support, abortion..
- The technical definitions of “life” and “death” and the stages of death.
- The etiquettes of visiting the sick, and the sunnah vs innovation in that regard, what to do to ease your loved ones transition.
- Grieving and the rulings regarding mourning time and how to increase the reward of the one who has passed
- The sunnahs to follow post-death, how to console, react and behave around those who have lost someone.
- The step by step process of how to wash and shroud the male or female deceased
- The legal rulings revolving around the Janazah prayer and how it is to be performed.
- The etiquette of following the Janazah and accompanying it to the burial. Issues regarding the burial related to time and place. When it should happen, where and what to be avoided.
- The etiquette of visiting the graveyard and related rulings; frequency, permissibility of traveling to a grave, and women’s issues
- An overview of the inheritance system, how to calculate it in your time of need
Senior Instructor. Studied Arabic, Islamic Law and Quran with scholars in East and West. Launched LogicalProgression.org, advanced weekly Fiqh classes. Original founder of Prophetic Guidance; taught popular commentary of al-Adab al-Mufrad. Vice-Chair of Al-Qalam Sharī‘ah Panel, UK’s premier fatwa body for legal and financial concerns.
