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A Prayer by Prophet Moses & Aaron (pbut)
“O my Lord! Expand my breast and
Ease my task for me and
Remove the knots from my tongue,
So that they may understand
what I say.”(Qur’an 20: 25-28)
CONTENTS
• Basic Beliefs of a Muslim
• Basic Beliefs about Death
• How does an individual prepare himself for death
• What role does the family play
• What are the obligations of the Community
• Preparing for Burial
• Burial
• After the Burial
• Thanks & a Prayer
Basic Beliefs of a Muslim
• Belief in One and Only God
• There is no deity except God
• HE is the only Creator the rest are HIS Creation - Master the rest are HIS servants
• Made of earth – God’s spirit blown into the shape
• Aspire to come close to God by living some attributes of God – Compassion, mercy, love, peaceful, protector, forgiver, be just, be grateful, generous, truthful, trusted, be patient
• Belief in all the Prophets
AdamIdris (Enoch)Nuh (Noah)Hud (Heber)Salih (Methusaleh)Lut (Lot)Ibrahim (Abraham)Ismail (Ishmael)Ishaq (Isaac)Yaqub (Jacob)Yusuf (Joseph)Shu’aib (Jethro)Ayyub (Job)Dhulkifl (Ezekiel)Musa (Moses)Harun (Aaron)Dawud (David)Sulayman (Solomon)Ilias (Elias)Alyasa (Elisha)Yunus (Jonah)Zakariya (Zachariah)Yahya (John the Baptist)Isa (Jesus)Muhammad
Peace be on all of them
Basic Beliefs about Death
• Everyone will taste of Death
• Man is born – marking his beginning and dies – signifying his end
• Only God gives life and takes life
• Life on Earth is a preparation for the life in hereafter
• Belief in the Day of Judgement – accountable
• Get engaged in recurring charity or legacy for human benefit
• Do good, show kindness and care for all of God’s Creation
• Time to be spend in positive, beneficial and virtuous actions
Qur’an 29:57
How does an individual prepare himself for death
• Remembering death will induce a need to prepare for death
• Obligation to attend all funerals – personal reminder of death
• The entire family gets involved – no funeral parlour – undertaker
• Accept that this world is a preparation for the next
• Spend everyday of your life as if it is going to be your last
• Acceptance that we come from HIM and will return to HIM
• To achieve the status of being a Muslim
Qur’an 2:156
What role does the family play• Provide comfort & ease the transition
• Gentle reminder of the Oneness of God
• Ask God to forgive him/her for their sins
• Going to a better place
• May mention the presence of the unseen.
• The soul/spirit leaves the body – returns to its origin
• The body becomes our responsibility to be returned to its origin – earth
What are the obligations of the Community
• Provide comfort in the absence of family
• Support the family in words, in care, help & service
• Assist family in completion of final rites to body
• If destitute – obligation of the community
Preparing for Burial
• Medical Death Certificate essential
• The Body needs – bathed, wrapped in a shroud and interned
• Handled with utmost tenderness, respect and confidentiality
• Responsibility of the immediate family son/father, daughter/mother
• Lie in state at home or mosque hall – offer condolence & reading from Qur’an
Burial
• Buried asap
• Buried in a Muslim section of the cemetery – grave orientation
• Short congregational funeral prayer
• Nearest of kin will enter the grave – 3 or 4 people
• Interned in a Kafan (shroud) not coffin – cotton, non synthetic, echo friendly, bio-degradable
Burial
• Manually lowered into the grave
• Placed into a cavity on the right shoulder facing prayer direction
• Covered with boards of wood – decompose
• Three handfuls of earth –come from earth, return to earth & resurrected once again from earth
• Mourners back fill the grave
• Announcement of outstanding
credit & forgiveness
• Final prayer
After the Burial • Community support –
three days of mourning
• Provide meals for the family, run errands
• Gather at home, sympathise and read verses from the Qur’an
• Encourage family to continue with life
• Family arrange continuous charity in honour of the dead
Thank you
WE HAVE a room full of lovely people from different walks of life
GOD HAS provided each of us with rich resources
NOT to fight one another
BUT do a better job as human beings.
IMPROVE the world
CARE for the hungry
SHOW more compassion and mercy in our lives
My Prayer
