Four obligations owed to every Muslim — washing, shrouding, the funeral prayer, and burial — fulfilled by the community together.
Each is a communal obligation (farḍ kifāyah). If enough members of the community fulfill it, the duty is lifted from the rest.
The ritual purification of the body with water, performed by trusted members of the same gender with care and dignity.
Read the guide → IIWrapping the body in simple white cloth, returning the deceased to a state of dignity and equality before Allah.
Read the guide → IIIThe congregational prayer performed before burial, asking Allah's mercy and forgiveness for the deceased.
Read the guide → IVLaying the body to rest in the earth, facing the qiblah, as swiftly as circumstances allow.
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