• Prayers & Duties >> Death & Funeral

    Question ID: 50839Country: India

    Title: Seeing the dead body of Male

    Question: Is it prohibited to see the dead body of deceased male after janazah salah?

    Answer ID: 50839

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 358/279/D=03/1435) It is lawful, but it is makrooh after burial. ولا باس بان يرفع ستر الميت ليرى وجهه وانما يكره بعد الدفن عالمگیري کتاب الکراہة ج 5، ص 406

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India