Death & the Hereafter

Many readers reach this topic on the worst day of their year, needing one step, not a lecture. It covers illness and dying, washing and shrouding, the funeral prayer and burial, and mourning and condolence. Questions about the grave and the resurrection are here as well. Every answer here is a sourced summary of a fatwa. If you need the next practical step today, start with washing and shrouding or the funeral prayer.