Book Name:Masjid kay Aadab (Haftawar Bayan)

1.         The Sacred Shari’ah lays great emphasis on the sanctity of purdah. In the apparent life of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, women used        to offer Salah with Jama’at in the Masjid, then due to changes in circumstances, women were forbidden to go to the Masjid. It is stated in Fatawa Razawiyyah: Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ forbade women from approaching the Masjid; women made this complaint to Umm-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah   رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا, then (in support of Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ) she رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا said, ‘If the circumstances had been this (bad) in the blessed life as well, (then) the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would have not permitted women to come to the Masjid. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 9, pp. 549)

2.         It has been learnt from this blessed parable that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed this authority/power upon our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم that our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم can talk to any dead person anywhere. It has also been learnt that dead people can also listen and understand the talks of creation. Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: During life the hearing ability of a person is different, some hear from a short distance such as the common people and some can hear from a long distance such as Prophets and saints. This ability/power increases and does not decrease after death, so the common dead people can be called out in their graveyard not from a long distance, but Prophets and saints can be called out from a long distance as well because they used to hear from a long distance when they were alive (amongst the people) so they will hear from a long distance even after their apparent passing away. (‘Ilm-ul-Quran, pp. 208)

Dear Islamic brothers! The closest relative of the deceased, if he could not perform the funeral Salah, then he can perform (funeral) Salah at the grave. As it is stated in page 838 of Bahar-e-Shari’at, volume 1: If the funeral Salah had been led by anyone who is not superior to the Wali (guardian of the deceased) and the Wali had not permitted him to perform the funeral Salah, the Wali can repeat this Salah provided that he had not attended the funeral Salah. If the deceased person had been buried already then the Wali can offer the funeral Salah at the grave as