WHAT TO DO FOR THE DECEASED?
In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. WHAT TO DO FOR THE DECEASED? 1. Respecting the corpse. 2. Washing the whole body like a full bath. 3. Wrapping in white coffin. 4. Offering funeral prayers. 5. Burying in a grave. 6. Making Dua after burial beside the grave. 8. Remembering him in good words. 9. Condolence. 10. Charity on behalf of the deceased. 11. Doing acts of optional worship for him/her like reciting Qur’an. 12. Performing the mandatory worships on his/her behalf that he missed like fasting, performing Hajj and paying due Zakat. 13. Paying his/her debit. 14. Respecting his/her kinship. 15. Caring for his widow and orphans. Performing acts of worship on behalf of the deceased is not only lawful but preferable in Hanbali Madhab. This ruling has been derived from a bunch of authentic Hadiths, which are literally Mutawatir (mass transmitted). Narrated Ibn Abbas (peace and blessings be upon them): Sa’d bin ‘Ubada Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased wi...