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What to do when someone is about to leave this world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. When a person is about to die, make him lie down flat on\nhis back. Place his feet towards the Qiblah and raise his head so that his face\ncould be towards the Qiblah. If moving him causes difficulty then leave him in\nany convenient position. Sit near him and recite the Kalimah aloud so that by\nlistening to you he will also commence reading. Do not order him to read the\nKalimah because this is a very difficult time and we do not know what he will\nutter. It is desirable that a person in the state of Janabat (impurity) leaves\nthe room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Once the breathing begins to stop, he starts taking quick\nbreaths, the limbs get loose and he is unable to stand, the nose gets crooked\nand the temples begin to cave in, one should know that death has approached. At\nthat time, the Kalimah should be recited in a loud voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. By reciting Surah Yaaseen, the severity of death\ndecreases. This Surah should be recited by sitting near his head or anywhere\nelse near him. If one cannot recite it oneself, one should ask someone else to 5. At that time of death, do not speak anything that will\nturn his attention towards the world because this is the time of leaving the\nworld and presenting oneself in front of Allah Ta”ala. Do such things, talk of\nsuch things that his heart turns away from the world, and directs itself\ntowards Allah Ta”ala. In this lies full benefit for the dead person. To bring\nhis family and children in front of him, or anyone else for whom he had a lot\nof love, or to talk of such things towards which his heart turns or whose love\nenters his heart is extremely detestable at such a time<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. If at the time of death, he uttered some words of kufr,\ndo not worry about it and do not announce it. Instead, think that due to the difficulty\nof death, his mind is not normal and this therefore occurred. When one is not\nin one’s senses, everything is forgiven. Continue making dua to Allah Ta”ala\nfor his salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Once the person dies, straighten all his limbs. Close his\nmouth in the following way: take a cloth and tie it in such a way that it goes\nfrom below his chin and around both sides of his head. Thereafter, tie a knot\nso that his mouth does not open. Close his eyes and thereafter tie the toes of\nboth his feet together so that his legs do not move about. Cover him with a\nsheet and thereafter, as far as possible, hasten towards his ghusl and kaffan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What to do after a person passes away<\/strong> *The burial should be carried out as soon as practically\npossible. This is strongly advised by Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). We\nshould not wait for so and so to come from here and there<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Kafn<\/strong> Kafn for male Kafn for female Additional requirements Sixty grams camphor cut fine, sixty grams sandal wood powder\nand rose water for paste to be applied on areas of sajdah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Small bottle of Hunoot if easily available, for males only.\n(Hunoot refers to any substance, which the corpse can be perfumed with. The\nsubstance must be paak (pure).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Requirements for the grave: Who should perform the ghusl?<\/strong> How to perform the ghusl<\/strong> First spread the lifafah on the ground, on top of it the\nplace the Izaar and on top of the Izaar place that potion of the Qamees that\nwill be under the body. The portion that will cover the top of the body should\nbe folded and put at the head side. Lower the body gently onto the kafn and\ncover the top of the body up to the calfs with the folded portion of the\nQamees. Female<\/strong> Pertinent points:<\/strong> It is impermissible to enclose any\npaper or booklet with duaas or Quran inscription s into the kafn. What to do after the kafn<\/strong> How the Janazah should be carried<\/strong> Where and when should the Janazah salaah be performed.<\/strong> The Janazah Salaah *After the Janaazah Salaah it is not Sunnat or advisable to\nhave any congregational dua. The Janaazah Salaah is itself a dua, hence to make\nanother dua thereafter would be indicating that the Masnoon practice is\ninsufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The method of Dafn (burial)<\/strong> The grave<\/strong> Darul\nIftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad<\/strong>& Tobago<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n www.fatwa-tt.com<\/a> \/<\/strong>www.jaamia.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What to do when someone is about to leave this world 1. 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\n2. The moment he recites the Kalimah once, keep quiet and do not try to make\nhim read it repeatedly until he passes away. Because the purpose of this is\nthat, the last words that are uttered by him are that of the Kalimah. It is\ntherefore not necessary that the Kalimah be continuously recited until he\npasses away. However, if he starts talking of any worldly matter after having\nrecited the Kalimah, commence reciting the Kalimah again. Once he recites it,\nkeep quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nrecite it. It is recommended that Surah Ra’d also be recited at this time, if\npossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n8. At the time of closing his mouth, recite the following dua: Translation:\n“In the name of Allah and on the creed, religion and faith of\nRasulullah.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n1.Obtain a doctor’s certificate, burial order, and death certificate.
\n2. If the death is due to unnatural causes, e.g. drowning etc. then one must\ncomply with the legal requirements.
\n3. Inform relatives and friends of the death and time of Janazah.
\n4. Prepare the Qabr, perform the ghusl and put on the Kafn.
\n5. Arrange transport if cemetery is at a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe kafn are the grave clothes for the dead. It is desirable that the kafn be\nmade of white material and of medium quality according to the status of the\ndeceased. It is permissible to prepare ones kafn in ones
\nlifetime. This will avoid last minute rush and inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>The preferred Kafn for a male is:
\n* Izaar – 1.75 metres
\n* Qamees – 1.8 metres
\n* Lifaafah – 2.25 metres<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>* Izaar – 3.5 metres
\n* Lifafah – 4.5 metres
\n* Qamees – 1.8 metres
\n* Khimaar – 1.4 metres
\n* Seenaband – 1,8 metres\n(to cover chest area)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>Any material 2.5 metres, 115cm wide. This has to be made into two pieces\nfor tehbands (sheets for covering satr during Ghusl), about 115 cm square, the\nremainder should be used as mittens when performing Ghusl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>* Unbaked bricks, bamboo or timber where the ground is soft.
\n* Sufficient spades.
\n* Approximate dept of the grave for should be according to the height of\nthe deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nGhusl – bathing the deceased<\/strong>
\nRequirements
\n<\/strong>* Clean luke warm water
\n* A broad bench, stand or platform.
\n* 2 large buckets for warm water, one small bucket or utensil used\nfor water to be mixed with a little camphor at and applied at the end of ghusl.
\n* 2 jugs or utensils for pouring water over the corpse
\n* Cake of soap
\n* 250 grams cotton wool.
\n* 2 tehbands (material for covering satr – this should be adequate\nenough to ensure that the satr is not exposed at any time during ghusl). It\nshould also preferably be a dark colour so it does not become transparent when\nwater gets it.
\n* A scissor for removing the deceased’s clothing.
\n* Lobaan (frankincense – aromatic gum resin obtained from trees) or any\nother paak (pure) incense for smoking the bench, stand or platform.
\n* One clean sheet to cover during ghusl and one to cover before and after\nghusl.
\n* Clean towel for drying the corpse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAn adult male should be bathed by his father, son or brother. An adult female\nby her mother, daughter or sister. If these persons are not available or unable\nthen it should be carried out by any Muslim male for male and Muslim female for\nfemale. The person giving the ghusl must be paak himself and in the state of\nwudhu. He maybe assisted by others. It is makrooh (reprehensible) for a woman\nin the state of haid or nifaas to perform the ghusl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe platform on which the ghusl will be performed must be washed cleaned and\nfumigated with lobaan or any other incense 3,5 or 7 times.
\nDuring ghusl it is permissible to place the body in one of two positions
\na. have the legs facing the Qibla
\nb. have the right shoulder and side towards the\nqibla.
\nIt is preferable to place the body with the right shoulder and side towards the\nQiblah because Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned that the\nQiblah is for the living and the dead.
\nAll jewellery and wigs etc. should be removed. Where false teeth can easily\nremoved, these should be taken out.
\nThereafter the body should be placed on the platform and the satr covered.
\nThe stomach should be gently massaged and both the private areas washed wearing\nmittens. This should be done without looking at the private areas.
\nThe nostrils, ears and mouth should be closed with cotton wool to prevent water\nfrom entering the body during ghusl.
\nIf the deceased reached the age of puberty he must he must first be given\nwudhu. This wudhu is similar to the one for salaah with the\nexception of gargling and putting water into the nostrils.
\nIf the deceased was in the state of Janabat (*impurity) then the mouth and\nnostrils will have to be made wet. This can be done with a little cotton wool.
\nAfter wudhu the head and beard should be washed first with soap or any other\ncleansing agent. The temperature of the water must be that which a living\nperson will normally bath with.
\nThereafter the body should be tilted onto it’s left side to allow the right\nside to be washed first. Warm water should now be poured from over the body\nfrom head to toe once, and the body washed with soap until the water has\nreached the bottom (left side). Then wash the body twice by pouring eater from\nhead to toe. The body should then be turned onto its right side and the left\nside bathed similarly.
\nThereafter the body should be lifted slightly into a sitting position, and the\nstomach massaged gently with a downward stroke. The waste matter should be\nwashed away. The wudhu and ghusl should not be repeated in the event of any\nimpurity being discharged.
\nThe body should once again be turned onto its left side and camphor water\npoured over it from head to toe thrice.
\nAll cotton wool should be removed from mouth ears and nose.
\nThe ghusl is now complete and could be dried. The satr must be kept covered.\nThe first tehband (covering piece for satr) will wet due to ghusl. It should be\nreplaced with dry piece. Care should be taken that the satr is not exposed when\nchanging.
\nThe body should be wrapped in a cloth and carried carefully to the Kafn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHow the kafn should be put on:<\/strong>
\nMale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRemove the sheet used for covering the satr.
\nApply itr or hunoot to the head and beard.
\nApply camphor mixture to areas of sajdah (forehead, nose, both the palms, knees\nand the forefeet.
\nFold over the left flap of the Izaar first and over it the right flap covering\nthe Qamees.
\nThereafter fold the lifafah in the same manner. Remember that the right flap\nmust always be on top.
\nLastly, fasten the ends of the lifaafah at the head side, feet and around the\nmiddle with strips of cloth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nFirst spread the lifaafah onto the ground, then the seenaband, on it the Izaar\nand then the Qamees in the same manner states for males. The seenaband may also\nbe placed between the Izaar and Qamees or lastly over the lifaafah.
\nPlace the body gently onto the kafn and cover the top of the body up to the\ncalfs with the folded portion of the Qamees.
\nRemove sheet used for covering satr.
\nDo not apply and form of incense or perfume.
\nApply camphor mixture onto places sajdah.
\nThe hair should be divided into two parts and placed onto the right and left\nbreast over the Qamees.
\nCover the head and hair with the orni, do not fasten or fold it.
\nFold the Izaar, left flap first and then the right over the Qamees and the\norni.
\nNow close the seenaband (breast cover) over these in the same manner.
\nClose the lifaafah, the left flap first and then the right.
\nLastly fasten the ends of there lifaafah at the head side, feet and around the\nmiddle with strips of cloth, to keep the kafn in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIt is forbidden to write the kalimah or any other dua on the kafn or on the\nchest of the deceased with camphor, saffron etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWith the completion of Ghusl and kafn the mayyit is now ready for burial. The\nJanazah Salaah should be arranged as soon as possible and unnecessary delay\nshould be avoided.
\nTo ensure that all these procedures are undertaken swiftly the mayyit should be\nburied in the nearest Muslim cemetery. It is not necessary to delay the burial\nbecause certain relative is coming from a distance. Also to transport the body\nover long distances is undesirable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIf the deceased is an adult, it should be placed into a bier and carried on the\nshoulders of four men.
\nIf the deceased is an infant it may be carried in the arms.
\nWhen lifting the Janazah recite Bismillahir rahmaanir raheem each person should\ncarry the Janazah for forty steps commencing with the left front (mayyits right\nshoulder) of the Janazah for ten steps, thereafter the left rear for ten steps,\nthereafter the right front for ten steps and lastly the right rear for ten\nsteps. This preferable method should only be adopted if it does not cause\ninconvenience to others.
\nThose accompanying the Janazah should not sit before it is lowered to the\nground. The sick and weak are excused.
\nThe Janazah should be carried hastily but not in a manner that it jolted or\nshaken about.
\nIt is mustahab to follow the Janazah and not go ahead of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe Janazah salaah should not be performed in the Masjid. It could be performed\non any open space, or a building built specially for this purpose.
\nIt is makrooh to perform Janazah Salaah while the sun rises at Zawwal time and\nwhen the sun sets. Besides these three times it could be performed at any other\ntime of the day or night. It could also be performed after Asr Salaah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>The Janazah Salaah is Fard-e-kifaayah (If a few people in the community\nattend the remainder are absolved, if no one attends all are sinful) on all\nMuslims present. There two faraid (compulsory acts) in Janazah Salaah,
\n1. To stand and perform the Salaah
\n2. To recite all four Takbeers.
\nThe body should be placed with the head on the right side of the Imam, who will\nface the Qiblah The Imam should stand in line with the chest of the mayyit.
\nIt is preferable to make an odd number of saffs.
\nMake intention of dua for the deceased and follow the Imam. Only the Imam will\nsay the takbeer aloud. Do not raise your hands for takbeer besides the first\ntakbeer.
\nAfter the 1st takbeer recite Thana for Janazah, after the second takbeer recite\nDurood Ibraheem, after the 3rd recite dua for adult or infant, after the 4th\nmake salaam.
\nThe salaah is now complete and there is no need for dua or fatiha as this\npurpose was fulfilled by the salaah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOnce the Janazah Salaah is performed the Mayyit should be buried as soon as\npossible. Upon reaching the grave the Janazah should be placed at Qiblah side\nof the grave. The head should be on the right side of the grave if one faces\nthe Qiblah.
\nIt is appropriate that Mahrams or close relatives of a female enter the grave\nto lower her body. Those that enter the grave should face the Qiblah It is\nmustahab and important to hold a sheet over the grave while lowering and\nburying a female. If there is fear of her kafn opening then it is wajib to do\nso.
\nAfter placing the body into the recess of the grave it is masnoon (sunnat) to\nturn it onto its right side to face the Qiblah.
\nThe strips of cloth tied to head, chest and leg side should now be untied.
\nThe recess should now be covered with unbaked bricks, bamboo or timber. It is\npreferable to commence closing the recess from the leg side for males and from\nthe head side for females. The remaining openings and gaps should be filled\nwith mud or grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shape of the Qabr when filled should be like the hump of a camel.
The height should be approximately 25cm. There should be no building, wall, enclosure etc around the grave. This has been strictly prohibited in the Hadith.
It is preferable to sprinkle water on the grave from the head to the leg side thrice after the Qabr has been shaped.
It is advisable to recite the Quran and make dua for the deceased at the graveside after the grave is filled and shaped.
After burial the first ruku of Surah Baqara should be recited at the head side and the last Ruku of Surah Baqara recited at the leg side.
It comes in the Hadith that we should beseech Allah to forgive the deceased and pray for his steadfastness because he is going to be questioned by Munkar and Nakeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n