Transcript NadRoude Funeral Rites

Religious Rites
Prepared and delivered by: Nada
Roude, Islamic Educator/Trainer
August, 2006
Islamic Funeral Rites
• Death is a fact of life
• Allah the Almighty is the only source of
determining life and death
• Islam teaches that our journey in life is nothing
but a trial and that we will all be judged for our
actions
• Islam teaches that death is inevitable and that it
is a temporary passage into the third stage of
life-our time in the grave until the Day of
judgement when accountability for our actions
begins.
Funeral procedure/service
• “ Traditional condolences: “To god we belong and to him we return
• Following the death, the body is prepared for shrowding.
• The body is washed and then wrapped in white cotton material
following which the family bids the deceased good by.
• The body is then carried in a funeral precision to the mosque for a
funeral service known as the Janazah.
• The people at the mosque line up in rows with the coffin infront of
them.
• The janazah prayer begins but there is no call to prayer, no bowing,
no prostrations during this ritual.
• This procedure is carried out standing and takes up to 5 minutes to
complete.
• The mourners make special appeals to god seeking his forgiveness
for the deceased and all those who have passed away before
him/her.
Burial Procedure
• According to the Sunnah, the body must be
buried immediately as a way of honouring the
deceased.
• A funeral precision to the graveyard is
conducted and the deceased is laid to rest in the
grave as verses of the Quran are recited.
• According to Islamic practice, it is encouraged to
bury the deceased in no container so that the
earth can reclaim our physical bodies as quick
as possible.
• A three days mourning period is declared,
enabling condolences to be made to the family.