Keep track of what is done.

• In a hospital, hospice or aged care home, the staff arrange for the death to be verified
  Add details: In a hospital, hospice or aged care home, the staff arrange for the death to be verified
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home and expected, call their doctor
  Add details: At home and expected, call their doctor
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home and unexpected, call 000
  Add details: At home and unexpected, call 000
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Tell the staff early that the family needs a quick burial for religious reasons
  Add details: Tell the staff early that the family needs a quick burial for religious reasons
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Close the eyes and the mouth
  Add details: Close the eyes and the mouth
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Straighten the arms and legs
  Add details: Straighten the arms and legs
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Cover the body with a clean sheet
  Add details: Cover the body with a clean sheet
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Pray for them, and say only good
  Add details: Pray for them, and say only good
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Call the mosque’s funeral service or the imam
  Add details: Call the mosque’s funeral service or the imam
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Tell them where the body is and who the next of kin is
  Add details: Tell them where the body is and who the next of kin is
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Agree a time for the ghusl and the janazah prayer
  Add details: Agree a time for the ghusl and the janazah prayer
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Tell the doctor that the family needs a quick burial for religious reasons
  Add details: Tell the doctor that the family needs a quick burial for religious reasons
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Give them a phone number that will be answered
  Add details: Give them a phone number that will be answered
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask who the certificate will be sent to
  Add details: Ask who the certificate will be sent to
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask any questions you have about the cause of death
  Add details: Ask any questions you have about the cause of death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Ask the hospital or police whether the death has gone to the coroner
  Add details: Ask the hospital or police whether the death has gone to the coroner
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Tell the police officer or the coroner’s office at once that the family needs a quick burial and objects to an autopsy for religious reasons
  Add details: Tell the police officer or the coroner’s office at once that the family needs a quick burial and objects to an autopsy for religious reasons
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the coroner’s office who counts as the senior next of kin in your state or territory and what the time limit is: only that person can object, so they should do it at once
  Add details: Ask the coroner’s office who counts as the senior next of kin in your state or territory and what the time limit is: only that person can object, so they should do it at once
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask whether a CT scan or an external examination can be used instead of an internal post-mortem
  Add details: Ask whether a CT scan or an external examination can be used instead of an internal post-mortem
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Do not fix a time for the janazah until the coroner confirms when the body will be released
  Add details: Do not fix a time for the janazah until the coroner confirms when the body will be released
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Give the funeral director the personal details they ask for, and check them carefully
  Add details: Give the funeral director the personal details they ask for, and check them carefully
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask them to register the death and order the death certificate
  Add details: Ask them to register the death and order the death certificate
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If no funeral director is involved, contact the registry to register the death yourself
  Add details: If no funeral director is involved, contact the registry to register the death yourself
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the funeral director or the registry what the deadline is in your state or territory
  Add details: Ask the funeral director or the registry what the deadline is in your state or territory
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Confirm the body can be washed by Muslims at their premises
  Add details: Confirm the body can be washed by Muslims at their premises
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask for no embalming and no viewing
  Add details: Ask for no embalming and no viewing
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the cemetery about its Muslim section
  Add details: Ask the cemetery about its Muslim section
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the cemetery whether burial in the shroud without a coffin is allowed in your state or territory, and what it needs
  Add details: Ask the cemetery whether burial in the shroud without a coffin is allowed in your state or territory, and what it needs
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Confirm who will wash
  Add details: Confirm who will wash
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Confirm the kafan is ready
  Add details: Confirm the kafan is ready
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Tell family and community the time of the prayer
  Add details: Tell family and community the time of the prayer
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Confirm the grave in a Muslim cemetery or Muslim section
  Add details: Confirm the grave in a Muslim cemetery or Muslim section
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the price of the grave and the burial fee
  Add details: Ask the price of the grave and the burial fee
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Ask the funeral director to order the death certificate when they register the death
  Add details: Ask the funeral director to order the death certificate when they register the death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Order more from the registry in your state or territory if you need them
  Add details: Order more from the registry in your state or territory if you need them
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Have copies certified by a Justice of the Peace
  Add details: Have copies certified by a Justice of the Peace
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Keep a list of who has been sent a copy
  Add details: Keep a list of who has been sent a copy
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Pay the funeral costs from the estate
  Add details: Pay the funeral costs from the estate
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• List loans, bills and money owed to family
  Add details: List loans, bills and money owed to family
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask a scholar about any unpaid zakat
  Add details: Ask a scholar about any unpaid zakat
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Check papers at home, email, and with any lawyer
  Add details: Check papers at home, email, and with any lawyer
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Tell Services Australia within 28 days: by phone, with the Advice of death form (SA116), or at a service centre
  Add details: Tell Services Australia within 28 days: by phone, with the Advice of death form (SA116), or at a service centre
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Use the free Australian Death Notification Service to tell many organisations at once
  Add details: Use the free Australian Death Notification Service to tell many organisations at once
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Phone the ATO, and find out which super funds held their super
  Add details: Phone the ATO, and find out which super funds held their super
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Secure the house and car, and keep the phone line active for sign-in codes
  Add details: Secure the house and car, and keep the phone line active for sign-in codes
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Apply for probate or letters of administration if the estate needs it
  Add details: Apply for probate or letters of administration if the estate needs it
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Close accounts and cancel subscriptions
  Add details: Close accounts and cancel subscriptions
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Pay any bequest, up to one third, to people who are not heirs
  Add details: Pay any bequest, up to one third, to people who are not heirs
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Divide the rest by the fixed shares
  Add details: Divide the rest by the fixed shares
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Bring food and help with the household
  Add details: Bring food and help with the household
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Help the widow with errands and appointments
  Add details: Help the widow with errands and appointments
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Make duʿā for the one who has died
  Add details: Make duʿā for the one who has died
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Follow your state’s signing rules: in New South Wales, 2 adult witnesses present when you sign
  Add details: Follow your state’s signing rules: in New South Wales, 2 adult witnesses present when you sign
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Do not leave anything to a witness
  Add details: Do not leave anything to a witness
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask your super fund about a binding nomination, since super does not follow the will by itself
  Add details: Ask your super fund about a binding nomination, since super does not follow the will by itself
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask a lawyer who writes Islamic wills
  Add details: Ask a lawyer who writes Islamic wills
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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Funeral, then debts, then bequests from a third, then the heirs. al-Sirājiyyah (al-Sajāwandī), opening chapter

• Pay the funeral costs from the estate
  Add details: Pay the funeral costs from the estate
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Pay the debts: loans, bills and money owed to family
  Add details: Pay the debts: loans, bills and money owed to family
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Carry out the wasiyyah: pay any bequest, up to one third, to people who are not heirsṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2742; Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2870 (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ)
  Add details: Carry out the wasiyyah: pay any bequest, up to one third, to people who are not heirs
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Divide the rest by the fixed shares
  Add details: Divide the rest by the fixed shares

  See how the estate divides

  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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