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• In a hospital or care home (Ehpad), ask the staff to confirm the death
  Add details: In a hospital or care home (Ehpad), ask the staff to confirm the death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home, call the family doctor or SOS Médecins
  Add details: At home, call the family doctor or SOS Médecins
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If the death was violent, such as an accident or a suicide, call the police or gendarmerie, not a doctor
  Add details: If the death was violent, such as an accident or a suicide, call the police or gendarmerie, not a doctor
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• In an emergency, call 15 (SAMU) or 112
  Add details: In an emergency, call 15 (SAMU) or 112
  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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• Ask the doctor or the police whether the box “obstacle médico-légal” was ticked
  Add details: Ask the doctor or the police whether the box “obstacle médico-légal” was ticked
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the prosecutor’s office or the forensic institute, early and in writing, to release the body quickly for religious reasons
  Add details: Ask the prosecutor’s office or the forensic institute, early and in writing, to release the body quickly for religious reasons
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask to see the body before it is placed in the coffin
  Add details: Ask to see the body before it is placed in the coffin
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• The funeral company will need the police record for burial (procès-verbal aux fins d’inhumation)
  Add details: The funeral company will need the police record for burial (procès-verbal aux fins d’inhumation)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Any adult can declare the death, preferably a relative
  Add details: Any adult can declare the death, preferably a relative
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Take your ID, the death certificate and an identity document of the deceased (family record book, ID card or birth certificate)
  Add details: Take your ID, the death certificate and an identity document of the deceased (family record book, ID card or birth certificate)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Or let the funeral company declare it for you: they need your written authority (mandat)
  Add details: Or let the funeral company declare it for you: they need your written authority (mandat)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If the death was in a hospital or care home, ask the staff to confirm they have declared it
  Add details: If the death was in a hospital or care home, ask the staff to confirm they have declared it
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Ask at least 3 companies for a free written quote (devis)
  Add details: Ask at least 3 companies for a free written quote (devis)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask in advance whether the mosque’s team or the family may wash the body at the funeral home
  Add details: Ask in advance whether the mosque’s team or the family may wash the body at the funeral home
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask for no embalming: it is not compulsory
  Add details: Ask for no embalming: it is not compulsory
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the town hall which long or perpetual graves (concession perpétuelle) it offers
  Add details: Ask the town hall which long or perpetual graves (concession perpétuelle) it offers
  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: ______________

• Plan the burial for at least 24 hours after the death
  Add details: Plan the burial for at least 24 hours after the death
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the town hall the price and length of the grave (concession)
  Add details: Ask the town hall the price and length of the grave (concession)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Tell the funeral company early that the burial will be abroad
  Add details: Tell the funeral company early that the burial will be abroad
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Call the consulate of the country early: it sets its own documents and conditions
  Add details: Call the consulate of the country early: it sets its own documents and conditions
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the consulate whether it requires embalming
  Add details: Ask the consulate whether it requires embalming
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Check repatriation insurance, bank-card insurance, home insurance and any funeral contract
  Add details: Check repatriation insurance, bank-card insurance, home insurance and any funeral contract
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Ask the town hall where the death happened, or of the last home, for copies
  Add details: Ask the town hall where the death happened, or of the last home, for copies
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Or ask online or by post
  Add details: Or ask online or by post
  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: ______________

• Ask the bank to pay the funeral bill from the deceased’s account
  Add details: Ask the bank to pay the funeral bill from the deceased’s account
  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 notaire
  Add details: Check papers at home, email, and with any notaire
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask the notaire to search the national register of wills (FCDDV)
  Add details: Ask the notaire to search the national register of wills (FCDDV)
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If the deceased was working or on certain benefits, claim the death benefit (capital décès) with form S3180
  Add details: If the deceased was working or on certain benefits, claim the death benefit (capital décès) with form S3180
  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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Before paying any bequest or dividing the estate, ask the notaire to confirm that the children’s reserved shares are respected, or that the heirs have validly agreed otherwise. With three or more children, only a quarter of the estate is free to leave as you wish. Code civil, art. 912 à 930 (réserve héréditaire, réduction); Service Public, Quelles sont les règles pour hériter ? (vérifié le 16 juin 2026)

• See a notaire if the estate needs one
  Add details: See a notaire if the estate needs one
  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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• Write it entirely by hand, date it with the day, month and year, and sign it; or make it before a notaire
  Add details: Write it entirely by hand, date it with the day, month and year, and sign it; or make it before a notaire
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Each spouse makes their own will: two people cannot share one
  Add details: Each spouse makes their own will: two people cannot share one
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Leave it with a notaire so it is recorded in the national register
  Add details: Leave it with a notaire so it is recorded in the national register
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask a notaire how the children’s reserved share affects the Islamic shares
  Add details: Ask a notaire how the children’s reserved share affects the Islamic shares
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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Before paying any bequest or dividing the estate, ask the notaire to confirm that the children’s reserved shares are respected, or that the heirs have validly agreed otherwise. With three or more children, only a quarter of the estate is free to leave as you wish. Code civil, art. 912 à 930 (réserve héréditaire, réduction); Service Public, Quelles sont les règles pour hériter ? (vérifié le 16 juin 2026)

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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