Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Burial Rituals

Author: Muhammad Hussien Kermali
Publisher: www.alhassanain.org/english
Category:

• Introduction
• Rituals for Just before (Ehtezar) and Immediately After Death
• Before the Death, During the Saqarat ul Mawt
• Right After the Death
• After Death Rituals
• First Wajib Act: Ghusl Mayyit (Washing the Dead Body) Method
• Step One
• Step Two
• Step Three
• Step Four
• Second Wajib Act: Tahnit or Hunut (Applying Camphor Powder)
• Third Wajib Act: Kafan
• Method (Shrouding/Wrapping the Body with Sheets of cloth)
• Wajib Pieces
• Mustahab Pieces
• Fourth Wajib Act: Salaatul Mayyit
• Method
• The Salaat
• Method of Namaz-e-Mayyit
• Fifth Wajib Act: Dafan, Burial
• Method
• Ghusl for touching a dead body (Mase Mayyit)
• Salaat-ul-Wahshat