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