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| Fatwa ID: | 21452 |
| Title: | Praying for a dying Christian friend |
| Category: | Family and Personal Affairs |
| Scholar: | Dr. Main Khalid Al-Qudah |
| Date: | 03/04/2008 |
My best friend is a Christian and I am a Muslim. He has been a wonderful humanitarian and a great person. He is dying any day now.
May I ask God to forgive him or to have mercy on him after his death? May I attend his funeral? If no is the response to any of the above, kindly cite the authority from the Quran if possible.
More importantly: his brother has become a Muslim, but his mom is Christian. He has to obey his mom except for his religion, but what obligations does he have to her during her life and after her death?
Your answers will help me tremendously. Thank you.
You can pray for him as long as he is alive that Allah (swt) guides him to Islam and to the right path, but you cannot ask Allah (swt) to have mercy on him after his death at all. This is something explicitly prohibited according to the Quran. Attending his funeral and offering your condolences to his family are allowed.
As for his Muslim brother, he should maintain a good relationship with his mother, showing her due respect in terms of visiting, giving her gifts, and even providing for her financially as needed. Maintaining good relations with her friends after her death is also among the rights of parents over their Muslim offspring.
The most important thing is to keep asking Allah (swt) to grant her guidance so that she embraces Islam.
If she sees that her son has started to treat her better after embracing Islam, this could be enough reason for her to become a Muslim.
