The qamis...

The qamis: a piece of cloth [like a shirt] that must cover the body from the shoulders to mid shank, based on obligatory precaution. c. The izar: a large sheet of cloth that must cover the entire body. Based on obligatory precaution, it must be long and wide enough so that the top and the bottom parts could be tied [with a string], and the front parts overlap. The Prayer It is obligatory to say prayer over a deceased Muslim’s body of six years and over.

Based on obligatory precaution, prayer should also be said over the body of a child who could do thesalat even if he or she had not yet reached the age of six. The way to conduct prayer on the deceased: The person praying should recite five takbirs (say “Allahu Akbar”). However, it is preferable that after each takbir he says the following: After the first takbir, he should say the shahadatayn (declaration of faith in God and ).

After the second takbir, he should say the salawat on (s.a.w.) and his progeny (a.s.). After the third takbir, he should say a prayer for the believing men and women. After the fourth takbir, he should say a prayer for the deceased. He should say the fifth takbir and end the salat . Burial It is necessary to bury the deceased after the salat. Burial is intended to protect the body from wild animals and its smell is contained within so that no one is annoyed by it.

The body should be placed on its right side with the face towards the qiblah. It is not permissible to bury a deceased Muslim in the graveyard of non-Muslims, except if a section of that graveyard is specifically reserved for Muslims. Similarly, no non-Muslim can be buried in the graveyard of Muslims.

When it is neither possible to get a grave for a deceased Muslim in the graveyard of Muslims, nor transfer the body to a Muslim country for burial in a Muslim graveyard, that deceased Muslim may be buried in the graveyard of non-Muslims.’ It has been narrated from the Prophet (s.a.w.) that he said, “No time comes upon the dead person more difficult than the first night [of burial]. Therefore have mercy on your dead ones by giving charity [on their behalf].

If one does not have anything [to give in charity], one of you should pray two rak‘ah for them: in the first rak‘ah, after al - Hamd , recite Ayatu ’l-kursi; and in the second rak ‘ ah , after al - Hamd , recite surah al - Qadr ten times.