What The Living Can Do For The Dead

Shahrul Hussain

Paperback

9781933764146

According to the Qur’an and Sunna and the Opinions of the Classical Scholars of Islam

This is a detailed, yet easily accessible, manual on what to do when someone dies. It covers the procedures due upon a person’s death. The rites of preparing the body for burial, the bathing, the shrouding, and the procedure for funeral prayer, according to all four Sunni schools, are discussed. Many important questions are answered.

Contents:

The Journey of Death

When a Person Is Dying

The Immediate Rights of the Deceased

The Funeral Prayer

The Burial

Donating Rewards to the Deceased (Isal al-Thawab)

Atonements, Debts and Expiations