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  2. Islamic funeral - Wikipedia

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    Grave of a Muslim Muslim men finishing a grave after a burial Muslim cemetery, Kashgar. Following washing, shrouding and prayer, the body is then taken for burial (al-Dafin). Burial typically occurs as soon as possible, ideally within 24 hours of death, to honor the deceased and prevent undue delay. [16]

  3. Arba'in - Wikipedia

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    Forty is a sacred number in Islam, [3] and commemorating the dead forty days after their death is a long-standing Islamic tradition, [22] [23] [3] dating back to the early Islamic period. [22] On the one hand, the fortieth (arba'in, chehellom) signifies the maturation of the soul of a deceased believer. [22]

  4. Islamic view of death - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Death is also seen as the gateway to the beginning of the afterlife. In Islamic belief, death is predetermined by God, and the exact time of a person's death is known only to God. Death is accepted as wholly natural, and merely marks a transition between the material realm and the unseen world. [10]

  5. Family tree of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    According to Islamic prophetic tradition, Muhammad descended from Adnan. [7] Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad. [4]

  6. Funeral prayer (Islam) - Wikipedia

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    Ṣalāt al-Janāzah (Arabic: صلاة الجنازة) is the name of the special prayer that accompanies an Islamic funeral.It is performed in congregation to seek pardon for the deceased and all dead Muslims, [1] and is a collective obligation (farḍ al-kifāya) upon all able-bodied Muslims; if some Muslims take the responsibility of conducting the prayer, then the obligation is fulfilled ...

  7. Funeral - Wikipedia

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    A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.

  8. Sunnah - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, sunnah (Arabic: سَنَةٌ), also spelled sunna (سنة) or sunnat, is the body of traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time supposedly saw, followed, and passed on to the next generations. [ 1 ]

  9. Death anniversary - Wikipedia

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    In India (and Nepal), a death anniversary is known as shraadh (Shraaddha "श्राद्ध" in Nepali). The first death anniversary is called a barsy, from the word baras, meaning year in Hindi. Shraadh [1] means to give with devotion or to offer one's respect. Shraadh is a ritual for expressing one's respectful feelings for the ancestors ...