When the wife dies can the husband put her in the kaber if not why.
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the wife dies can the husband put her in the kaber if not why.
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Answer:
Can husband bury wife
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.31
The jurists are agreed on the permissibility
of a wife washing the body of her dead husband. Hadrat Aishah (r.a.) said: "Had I known
then what I know now, I would not have allowed anyone, except his wives, to
wash the body of the Prophet (saws)." Related by Ahmad,Abu Daw'ud, and by
al-Hakim.
The majority of scholars consider it
permissible, as is shown by a report, narrated by ad-Daraqutni and Al-Baihaqi,
that Hadrat Ali (r.a.) washed the body of his deceased wife Hadrat Fatimah
(r.a.) upon her death. This is also supported by a hadith that the Prophet
(saws) said to 'Aishah: "If you die before me, I will myself wash you and
enshroud you." Related by Ibn Maajah.
There is absolutely no harm or restriction in Islam if a
husband touches the body of his deceased wife, or washes the body of his
deceased wife in preparation of her burial, or lowers the body of his deceased
wife in the grave, if he wishes to do so.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
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well wisher in Islam,
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