Keep track of what is done.

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

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home and expected, call the GP, or NHS 111 if you cannot reach them
  Add details: At home and expected, call the GP, or NHS 111 if you cannot reach them
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• At home and unexpected, call 999
  Add details: At home and unexpected, call 999
  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 and the medical examiner’s office that the family needs a quick burial for religious reasons
  Add details: Tell the doctor and the medical examiner’s office 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 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: ______________

• Wait for their confirmation before you register
  Add details: Wait for their confirmation before you register
  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: ______________

• Ask the coroner’s office, in writing and early, to treat the death as urgent for religious reasons
  Add details: Ask the coroner’s office, in writing and early, to treat the death as urgent for religious reasons
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask whether a scan (CT) can be used instead of an invasive post-mortem
  Add details: Ask whether a scan (CT) can be used instead of an invasive post-mortem
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask to be told when and where any post-mortem will take place
  Add details: Ask to be told when and where any post-mortem will take place
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Book with the register office for the area where the death happened
  Add details: Book with the register office for the area where the death happened
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• A relative, someone present at the death, the executor, or the person arranging the funeral can register
  Add details: A relative, someone present at the death, the executor, or the person arranging the funeral can register
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask whether the council offers weekend or out-of-hours registration for urgent burials
  Add details: Ask whether the council offers weekend or out-of-hours registration for urgent burials
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Take the certificate for burial (the “green form”) to the funeral service
  Add details: Take the certificate for burial (the “green form”) to the funeral service
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• If you need more than 5 days, tell the register office at once
  Add details: If you need more than 5 days, tell the register office at once
  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 council cemetery about its Muslim section
  Add details: Ask the council cemetery about its Muslim section
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask whether the council allows burial in the shroud without a coffin
  Add details: Ask whether the council allows burial in the shroud without a coffin
  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 exclusive right of burial and the burial fee
  Add details: Ask the price of the exclusive right of burial and the burial fee
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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• Order several copies from the register office where you registered
  Add details: Order several copies from the register office where you registered
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Or order them later from the General Register Office
  Add details: Or order them later from the General Register Office
  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 solicitor
  Add details: Check papers at home, email, and with any solicitor
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Use the Tell Us Once number from the registrar within 28 days
  Add details: Use the Tell Us Once number from the registrar within 28 days
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• A widow or widower under State Pension age: claim Bereavement Support Payment within 3 months
  Add details: A widow or widower under State Pension age: claim Bereavement Support Payment within 3 months
  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 if the estate needs it
  Add details: Apply for probate 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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• Sign it in front of 2 adult witnesses, who also sign
  Add details: Sign it in front of 2 adult witnesses, who also sign
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

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

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Make a new will after marrying: marriage cancels an earlier one
  Add details: Make a new will after marrying: marriage cancels an earlier one
  Who is doing it Date done Notes

  Who: ____________________ Date: ______________

• Ask a solicitor who writes Islamic wills
  Add details: Ask a solicitor 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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