Funeral

What to do

First point of contact is brother Hur Ali Mamdani.

Transportation

Rahma Funeral Services (1-877-JANAZAH) provide transportation from home or hospital. Al-Baqee/Moore prefer to use their own transportation.

Ghusl (Ritual bath)

Volunteers of the community perform the services of giving ghusl and kafan to the body. (Brothers for male body and sisters for female body.)

Kafan

MOMIN charges $50 for the cost of kafan.

Local Laws

a. Ghusl can be performed at MOMIN Center within first 24 hours of death, otherwise we need to use a funeral home. Rahma is an excellent option.

b. Embalming is required when crossing state lines and for transporting overseas.

Muslim Cemetaries

Currently there are two places where we bury our dead.
We mainly use Al-Baqee which is located in Arlington and the other option is the Denton cemetery in Denton.

Cost of Grave

At al-Baqi the cost is $3600-$4200 and at Denton the cost is $2400-2700.

Hold a Majlis and/or Give out Food

For scheduling a majlis, marhoom's family/friends need to contact a member of the Program Committee to avoid conflict with previously scheduled programs.

Related Ahkaam

When you touch a person who has died and his body has become cold, you have to do ghusl-e-mas-e-mayyit. But if you touch a dead body after the ritual bath has been given to him/her then the Ghsul of Touching the Dead Body is not wajib on you.
For detailed information please go to Khomeini.org or Sistani.org (click here for Urdu).
To read a book online regarding detailed ahkam visit Burial Rituals*
To watch videos, you can visit Jafrifuneral.com*

Another interesting online book to read would be Manazil-e-Akherah (The Last Journey) about life after death by Sheikh Abbas Qummi.

It is wajib to perform ghusl (ritual bath), kafan (shrouding), salat (prayer) and dafan (burial) of an Asna Ash'ari Muslim.

It is not jaiz (allowed) to bury the body of the deceased Muslim in the cemetary of Non-Muslims and vice-versa.

It is mustahab (recommended) to read Salatul Wehshat on the first night of the burial. For more info visit ImamReza.net.

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Hold a Majlis

Contact any member of the program committee

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