Fathwa, - It Is not Disliked to Leave the Deceased alone in the House before the Burial

Question
An individual died at about 6pm but among his last requests was tonot
place him in a refrigerator. So should someone sleep beside him in the
room or should we leave him alone ?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His slave and messenger.
Some scholars disliked leaving the deceased alone in a house. Among
them are some Hanbali scholars like Imaam Al-Bohooti who statedthat
Imaam Al'aajorri adopted the opinion thatit is not approved to leave
the deceased who died in the evening alone. Rather, his family should
stay with him.
Ibraaheem An-Nakh'i said: " Our righteous ancestors did not use to
leave the deceased alone,fearing that Satan may play with him . "
However, there are no proofs from the Quran or Sunnah supporting this view.
So, if they chose to remain with him, then they are not obliged to do
any particular thing.
Allaah Knows best.

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Exercise preserves, builds heart muscle

Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to
levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary
people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular
exercise training, according to a new study. The first study to
evaluate the effects of varying levels of lifelong exercise on heart
mass was presented on Saturday at the annual scientific meeting of the
American College of Cardiology in New Orleans .
It suggested that physical activitypreserves the heart's youthful
elasticity, showing that when people were sedentary, the mass of their
hearts shrunk with each passing decade .
By contrast, elderly people with adocumented history of exercisingsix
to seven times a week throughout adulthood not only kept their heart
mass, but built upon it -- having heart masses greater than sedentary
healthy adults aged 25 to 34 .
" One thing that characterizes theaging process by itself is the loss
of muscle mass, particularly skeletal muscle," said Dr. Paul Bhella, a
researcher from John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas who
presented the study at the conference .
" But we are showing that this process is not unique to skeletal
muscle, it also happens in cardiacmuscle," he said. "A heart
musclethat atrophies is weaker ."
The study enrolled 121 healthy people with no history of heart
disease. Fifty nine were sedentarysubjects recruited from the
DallasHeart Study, a large multiethnic sample of Dallas County
residents .
Some 62 lifelong exercisers, all over age 65, were recruited mainly
from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, which had documented
their exercise habitsover a period of 25 years .
In the new study, exercise was assessed by the number of aerobic
exercise sessions per week, rather than intensity or duration.
Subjects were broken down into four groups: non-exercisers; casual
exercisers (two to three times a week); committed exercisers (four to
five times a week) and master athletes (six to seven times a week) .
Heart mass measurements, takenusing MRIs, showed that sedentary
subjects had diminished heart mass as they aged, while lifelong
exercisers had heart mass expansion with increasing frequency of
exercise .
" The data suggest that if we can identify people in middle age, in
the 45 to 60 year range, and get them to exercise four to five times a
week, this may go a very long way in preventing some of the major
heart conditions of old age, including heart failure," said Benjamin
Levine of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, who
headed the study .
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The pillars of belief in Predestination and Divine Decree - II

In part one of this topic we clarified the four pillars of belief in
the Divine Decree and Predestination. On the other hand, belief in
Divine Decree does not provide an excuse for mankind to sin or abandon
what they are obligated to do. This excuse can be refuted by the
following seven arguments:
1. Allaah Says (what means): "Those who associated with Allaah will
say: 'If Allaah had willed, we would not have associated [anything]
and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything.'
Likewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment. Say:
'Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us?' You follow
not except assumption, and you are not but falsifying." [Quran 6:148]
The disbelievers did not have a valid excuse when they said that what
they did was according to Al-Qadar. If this excuse was valid, then why
will Allaah punish them for their sins?
2. Allaah Says (what means): "[We sent] messengers as bringers of good
tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against
Allaah after the messengers. And ever is Allaah Exalted in Might and
Wise." [Quran: 4:165] Sending the Messengers also took place
accordingto Al-Qadar. This is why the disbelievers cannot use
Al-­Qadar as an excusefor not believing, because Al-Qadar provided
them with the means to escape Allaah's punishment by following His
Messengers, may Allaah exalt their mention.
3. Muslim narrated that the Prophet said: "The final destination, in
Hell or Paradise , is already determined for each one of you." A man
said: "Should we depend on this fact, O Messenger of Allaah?"
(Meaning, to abandon doing good deeds) He said: "No! Perform (good)
deeds, because everyone will behelped (to go on the paththat will lead
him to his destiny)." Then he read the verse (which means): "As for he
who gives [in charity] and fears Allaah… We will make smooth for him
the path of ease (goodness)." [Quran: 92:5-7]"
4. Allaah conveyed His commandments to His slaves and did not require
them to do what is beyond their capacity; He says (what means): " So
fear Allaah as much as you are able…" [Quran: 64:16] Allaah also Says
(what means): " Allaah does not charge a soul except [with that
within] its capacity…" [Quran: 2:286] If the slave is forced to do
whatever deeds he performs, then Allaah would have required from him
what is beyond his capacity, and this is a false belief. For this
reason, Allaah forgives sins that take place because of ignorance or
forgetfulness.
5. Divine Decree and Predestination is a matter of Allaah's Knowledge.
No one can uncover his own Decree except after it occurs. One's
intention to perform a deed precedes the action itself. He does not
know what Al-Qadar holds for him. Therefore, Al-Qadar is not a valid
excuse for sinning and abandoning the commandments of Allaah.
6. One always seeks what is convenient for him. No one of sane mind
would abandon what brings material benefit to him, saying that
Al-Qadar forced him to take this course of action. Therefore, why
would one use Al-Qadar as an excuse for abandoning what brings benefit
to him in matters of religionand not do the same for matters of life?
7. If one of those who abandon the commandments of Allaah and indulge
in sinning comes under attack of hishonour or possessions, would he
accept the excuse of the attacker, if he says that he attacked him
because it was predestined for him to attack, and therefore he is not
to be blamed? Indeed not!
Therefore, why does this person refuse Al-Qadar asan excuse for
whoever attacked him, and at the same time use Al-Qadar as his excuse
for abandoning Allaah's rights on him?
It was reported that a man who was caught stealing was brought to
'Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab who ordered that this man's hand be cut off. The
man said: "Wait, O leader of the believers! I only stole because this
was in the Decree of Allaah." 'Umar replied: "And we will amputate
your hand because it is inthe Decree of Allaah."
To sum up, the belief in Divine Decree and Predestination, as one of
the six pillars of faith, does not mean that we are deprived of will
and power in the actions we take. Whatever Allaah Almighty decrees for
us isa matter of Pre-Knowledge by Allaah,the Most Exalted, and not a
matter of coercion, as we are given the choice to do either good deeds
to be rewarded for or bad deeds to be punished for. We are neither
forced to do what we do nor obliged to do anything beyond our
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