Types of talqin and which of them is permissible

Question

How many types of talqin (prompting the testimony of faith) are there? Which talqin is permissible according to the Qur’an and hadith? We also have a custom that, after finishing the burial and so on, a celebration and the like is arranged right beside the grave, and some verses of the Qur’an are recited and [their reward] gifted. What is the ruling on this? — Ghazali of Malaysia.

Answer

Talqin at the time when a person is afflicted with his final illness and it is known from the signs that he is about to pass away is established by the noble hadith. It is done thus: the noble kalima is recited near the dying (muhtadar)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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