Published in: Shumara al-Sunnah, Jhelum
Answer:
There is no harm in referring to a deceased monotheistic (tawḥīd-professing) person as “marḥūm”.
This is not a declaration of their actual state in the Hereafter—since such knowledge belongs to the unseen—but rather it is based on good assumptions and hopeful expectation.
On the same basis, it is also correct to say:
تَغَمَّدَهُ اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ or إِنْتَقَلَ إِلَى رَحْمَةِ الله.
Answer:
There is no harm in referring to a deceased monotheistic (tawḥīd-professing) person as “marḥūm”.
This is not a declaration of their actual state in the Hereafter—since such knowledge belongs to the unseen—but rather it is based on good assumptions and hopeful expectation.
On the same basis, it is also correct to say:
تَغَمَّدَهُ اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ or إِنْتَقَلَ إِلَى رَحْمَةِ الله.
