Can a woman attend a funeral in Islam? Can a woman pray Janazah and visit the graveyard? How do we reconcile legal opinions regarding the permissible and prohibited in regards to women participating in the Janazah with our current circumstances? And what practices are permissible and prohibited for men and women at the burial and their conduct at the graveyard?

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:18 Can women pray Janazah?

Attending the Janazah prayer, whether it is in the masjid or on a lawn, is allowed for both men and women.

02:04 What is prohibited for both men and women?

It is prohibited for both men and women to wail. Wailing is prohibited because it causes harm to the dead.

02:45 Are women allowed to visit the graveyard?

Visiting the graveyard is permissible for women. Aisha (ra) said that, "He (the Prophet ﷺ) used to prohibit us, then he commanded us to visit them". This applied to both men and women, as long as the women abstained from being known as those who would frequent the graveyard, wail excessively in the graveyard or did not observe modesty at the graveyard.

04:40 Are women allowed to attend the burial?

06:01 How men and women should conduct themselves at the graveyard