deceased

Container of a deceased person found after his demise

Question: 

My father passed away a few years ago. I have very recently found a container that belonged to him which was hidden away somewhere. It mainly contained money. I have separated the money into two categories:

1. Monies which belonged to my grandfather's or grandmother's estate - I have deduced this from notes/letters left behind.

2. Monies which I feel belonged to my father - However, I cannot say this with absolute conviction or verify accordingly due to there being no notes/letters attached to it.

Zakaat to settle debts of a deceased

Question: 

In February 2020 this year my marhoom brothers wife passed away suddenly from a heart attack, leaving the two children behind..Since the wife passed away suddenly, she left behind unsettled monetary loans from various people and amounts overdue to city council for lights and water and rates and taxes.

Q1 Can we brothers and sisters settle her debts with zakaat money? 

Q2 Can nephews and nieces settle her debts with zakaat money?

Wudhu when giving Ghusl to the deceased, Giving Ghusl to the deceased during Haidh

Question: 

1. What is the ruling regarding Wudhu when giving Ghusl to the deceased? Is there any difference of opinion amongst the Hanafi Jurists? 

2. Can a woman experiencing her monthly menstrual cycle give Ghusl to a deceased? 


Answer: 

1. Wudhu is Sunnah when giving Ghusal to a deceased. We did not find any difference of opinion with regards to this Mas’ala amongst the Hanafi jurists.i

Ghusl of the deceased

Question: 

I am part
of my local burial committee and want to know if the following method of Ghusal
for the Mayat is correct. I placed a ??? on things that some of our members do
but I don’t think it is correct



Ghusal for a Male Adult



Place the body on the table

Remove the clothes

???Wash the hands of the Mayat

???Rinse the entire body once

Lift the body 3 times and press the stomach

Correct distribution of estate, Brother's right to inheritance

Question: 

My  other passed away in 2016. My brother pre-deceased her as he passed away in 1999. My mother received inheritance from her late father's estate to the value of +/- R502 048.44. This amount was equally distributed amongst the surviving 2 brothers, sister and the one deceased brother's family that passed away in 1999. 
1. Is this distribution according to Shari'ah? 
2. How should it be corrected? 
3. Is the deceased's brother's family entitled to a share? 

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