Q: What is the ruling on reciting Qur’an at the grave, such as Sūrat Yā Sīn? A: It is recommended for the visitor of the deceased to do what will benefit them and bring relief, such as placing a moist palm frond on the grave. Based on various explanations, it is understood that this palm frond would make tasbīḥ so long as it remained fresh, and the punishment of the grave would be lightened by way of the barakah of that tasbīḥ. This recommendation is then extended to dhikr (r

Q: Will I attain the same virtue and reward of fasting the six days of Shawwāl if I fast six days outside of Shawwāl? A: The apparent position of the madhhab is that the virtue is not attained by fasting them outside of Shawwāl, based on the outward meaning of the reports, and this was explicitly affirmed by many of the companions of the school. There is, however, a consideration that some scholars held the virtue may still be attained outside of Shawwāl, based on the multipl

Q: Can I fast the six days of Shawwāl separately, or do they need to be consecutive? A: Whoever fasts these six days after completing Ramadan, it is as though they have fasted the entire year. The correct position in the madhhab is that their virtue is attained whether they are fasted consecutively or separately. It is, however, best to fast them consecutively and to observe them immediately after Eid, unless there is a reason to do otherwise, such as making up missed obliga