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• In a hospital, hospice or palliative care, ask the staff to pronounce the death
  Add details: In a hospital, hospice or palliative care, ask the staff to pronounce the death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If the death was expected at home, call the doctor or palliative care team who were caring for them
  Add details: If the death was expected at home, call the doctor or palliative care team who were caring for them
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home and unexpected, call 911
  Add details: At home and unexpected, call 911
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Call the funeral committee or the imam
  Add details: Call the funeral committee 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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• Ask the hospital or police whether the death has gone to the coroner or medical examiner
  Add details: Ask the hospital or police whether the death has gone to the coroner or medical examiner
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask whether an autopsy is required, and when the body will be released
  Add details: Ask whether an autopsy is required, and when the body will be released
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Tell the coroner’s office early, and politely, about the religious need for a quick burial and for no autopsy unless it is necessary
  Add details: Tell the coroner’s office early, and politely, about the religious need for a quick burial and for no autopsy unless it is necessary
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Confirm the committee can wash the body there
  Add details: Confirm the committee can wash the body there
  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 funeral home to register the death and get the burial permit
  Add details: Ask the funeral home to register the death and get the burial permit
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If the body will be flown abroad for burial, tell the funeral home on the first call
  Add details: If the body will be flown abroad for burial, tell the funeral home on the first call
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Give the funeral director the full name, date and place of birth, parents’ names and the Social Insurance Number
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  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Sign the statement or registration of death as the informant
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  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Confirm the burial permit has been issued before the burial
  Add details: Confirm the burial permit has been issued before the burial
  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 plot price, the fee to open and close the grave, and whether a casket or liner is required
  Add details: Ask the plot price, the fee to open and close the grave, and whether a casket or liner is required
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Give the burial permit to the cemetery
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  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Ask the funeral home for its statement of death or proof of death
  Add details: Ask the funeral home for its statement of death or proof of death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Order death certificates from the your province or territory vital statistics office
  Add details: Order death certificates from the your province or territory vital statistics office
  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 or notary
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  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Cancel CPP and Old Age Security payments, and tell the Canada Revenue Agency
  Add details: Cancel CPP and Old Age Security payments, and tell the Canada Revenue Agency
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Apply for the CPP death benefit, and ask about the survivor’s pension and children’s benefits
  Add details: Apply for the CPP death benefit, and ask about the survivor’s pension and children’s benefits
  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 administration if a bank or the land registry needs it
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  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
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  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
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  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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