Life Is Temporary

Guides for Muslim Families

What to do when someone dies, and how to prepare

  1. IWhen a Muslim dies: step by step
  2. IIThe washing and the shroud
  3. IIIThe janazah prayer
  4. IVVisiting a grieving family
  5. VDuʿāʾs for the grieving
  6. VIWhen someone dies abroad
  7. VIIAssets in another country
  8. VIIIIf you have no Muslim family
  9. IXWhen a child dies
  10. Autopsy, embalming and organ donation
  11. What a Muslim funeral costs

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ

“Every soul will taste death.” Āl ʿImrān 3:185

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