Does the marital relationship end with death?

Q: We have heard from many ordinary people that a wife becomes forbidden to her husband after death, meaning after her death, and that it is not permissible for him to look at her or place her in the grave. Is this correct? Please answer us, may Allah reward you.

A: The evidence from the Shari'ah indicates that there is no blame on a wife to wash her husband and look at him, and there is no blame on him to wash her and look at her. Asma' bint Umayyad washed her husband, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Fatimah instructed that 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) wash her. And success is from Allah.