The Dead Rules
The Rules of Dying (Expiring) person:
The dying person is the person who is about to (on the point of) die (expire) when his hour came and the end of his life and days came too. The expiring of his soul approached. He will leave this world to the next world. In the case of the dying person, we must follow:
1. We must turn (direct) the person towards the niche ("AL-Kibla" by making him lie on his back and make the soles of the two feet towards the niche, This is the duty (function) of the guardian of the dying person, if the dying person was unable to do these directions by himself.
2. We must dictate (say to) the expiring person the two testimonies (witnesses) and acknowledging the prophet, peace upon him, and the "Imams" peace upon them, and all the beliefs (doctrines) in Islam basically.
How to wash the dying person and the Rules:
a. The dead man is washed three times:
1. Water mixed with little of Christ's thorn (Nabk Tree) (lote).
2. Water mixed with camphor.
3. Water without any mixture (absolute water).
b. If the person died and was in "Ihram" (Muhrim), (AL-Hadj garments) and we know that the person who is in Ihram is not allowed to use perfumes (scents), consequently the dead person (in Ihram) is not washed with camphor, but water with Nabk and absolute water without mixture.
c. We must wash the dead body three times according to this arrangement one by one: first water with, second water with camphor and third with absolute water.
d. We must follow the arrangement in washing the members of the body too: We wash the head and the neck, then the right part (side) and the left part.
e. We must remove the impurity from the body of the dead man before washing and also remove the
obstacles that prevent the water from going (running) to the body, clothes, bandages....etc.
f. We must make sure that the water will reach the body (all the parts of the body) even by massage.
g. We can wash the dead man by rinsing into water (dipping) all at once like (as) we mentioned in the washing of self-pollution.
The conditions of what we wash with and on:
1. Water must be free and allowed for all lawfully (legally).
2. The purity of Nabk (lote) and camphor and the purity of the place and the board on which they put the dead man for washing.
3. Every thing must be allowable (free for all) legally and also all the tools used in washing as public things for all.
The conditions of the washer (man):
1. Maturity (majority)
2. Mind (brain)
3. He must be Moslem (believe in Islam)
4. Belief (piety) (devotion).
5. Similarity between the dead person and the washer (male and female). (male for male and female for female).
6. The guardian of the dead man must have the priority (preference) to wash the dead man according to the will of the dead man.
Embalming (mummification): We mean by embalming that we rub the camphor on the seven places of kneeling (of the dead man) after finishing the three stages of washing.
Shrouding (dressing for the grave):This means that we cover the dead man with some pieces of cloth or others in a special way.
The duties of shrouding for the Grave: The dead man should be shrouded (dressed for the grave) after washing and embalming (mummification) with three robes (garments):
1. Apron (wrapper) (cover) wrapped round the dead man from the navel (umbilicus) to the knee
2. The shirt from its name to wrap and cover the body. It is better to reach (cover) from the two shoulders to the middle of the leg longways.
3. Skirting (wrapper): a large piece of cloth or like it to cover the body of the dead man completely from all sides. It should be better to be long to tie (fasten) the body from the two parts and wide to cover (wrap up) all the body of the dead man broad ways.
The Conditions of the shroud (grave clothes):
1. The allowing (legality) of the shroud: that means it is free and considered public for all legally.
2. Purity
3. It should not be made of animal's skin absolutely.
4. It should not be made of pure silk or woven gold.
The prayer of the Dead person:
1. If we became free from washing the dead person and embalming and shrouding, then the prayer should be performed. The prayer is sufficing (adequate) duty. It is an obligation for Moslem who is confessing unless he is a theist (unbeliever) namely he is convicted of (disbelief, atheism).
Matters considered in the prayer (the person):
1. He should be Moslem (believe in Islam).
2. Belief (piety).
3. The prayer should be the guardian of the dead man, or another person should be allowed (permitted) by him.
The Prayer is invalid without permission (licence)
4.A. It is not a condition that the prayer should be mature (adult). Alad (a boy) who is distinguished, can pray on the dead person and if the boy won (attained) the validity of his prayer by people.
4.B. Masculineness: awoman can pray on the dead man and vice-versa. Also the prayer is valid on the dead man in group. Before the prayer, there are matters that should be considered:
The prefaces of prayer
(they are to be attained before prayer)
They are as follows:
1. Putting the dead man, as much as possible in a way of recumbence (lying down on his back).
2. To make the head of the dead man to the right side of the prayer.
3. The prayer should stand alone or "AL-Imam" (religious person) should stand in a parallel way in the middle of the dead man if the dead man was male (man), and parallel to the chest in the case of female (woman).
4. The presence of the dead man is a duty, so the prayer on the absent dead man is invalid.
5. There must not be an obstacle (barrier) between the dead man and the prayer.
6. The prayer should receive the niche "AL-Kibla" before him and he should be standing as much as possible.
7. The prayer should not be higher than the dead man and vice-versa (they are equal in height)
8. The prayer comes to pray on a certain limited person, we must appoint the dead man Mr. so-and-so.
9. The intention of relation.
10. The loyalty (fealty) among the parts of the prayer.
The Shape (form ) of prayer: Precautiously the prayer should be in this form:
1. God is great "Allah Akber": I testify, witness, that there is no god else but God (one God) alone, no partner for Him (partnerless). I also testify that Mohammed is His messenger. He sent him with guidance (proselylism) and the religion of right to show (reveal) it for him (the prophet) even though the poly-theists hated that.
2. God is Great (Allah Akber): O; God; Pray upon Mohammed and his house hold (family) and be merciful on them all, as you blessed and was merciful (had mercy) on Abraham and his family. You are the Most praise-Worthy and Glorified.
3. God is great: O; God; forgive for the believers (men and women) and for Moslems (men and women) for the alive and the dead people, and follow us and them with goodness.
You are the Most Respondent for calls (entreaties) You are able to do anything.
4. God is Great; O; God; this man who is silent and covered with cloth before us is your man and he is the son of your man and the son of your owned (possessed) woman (your maid servant) coming down to you. You are the best place for his staying; O God, we do not know anything about him except goodness, and you are more aware of him than us. O; God, if he was benevolent (righteous), increase his goodness (charity) and if he was bad and evil (offended) forgive him and cram (gather) him with Mohammed and his household (family), peace upon them, in a band (group) of your righteous mankind.
5. God is Great; Then the prayer leaves (departs). We must notice the sex if it is feminine of masculine after "Allah Akber" number (4) according to the sex of the dead person.
The Morals of prayer on the Dead Man:
1. The prayer should be pure from the minor and the major "Hadath" (the small happening and the great hapening).
2. Raising the hands after every "Takbeer" (Allah Akber).
3. The Imam (religious person) should raise his voice in "Takbeer" and "Entreaty"
4. We shall not raise the voice when we mention the meant person.
The Burial: It means that we inhume (bury) the Moslem dead man (a child or adult) in the ground in a way that the people can not see the corruption of the body, it is a sufficient duty (adequate). The deserving person is the guardian.
How: Precautiously, to untie the knot of the shroud and to make a pillow of sand (dust) and to uncover and stick his cheek to the ground, and we must make the dead man lie down on the right side in the direction of the niche "AL-Kibla"
General Matters:
1. It is not allowed to bury in the usurped (taken by force) land.
2. It is not allowed to bury the Moslem in the graveyard (cemetery) of atheists (unbelievers) and vice-versa (not allowed to bury the atheist in the cemetery of Moslems.
3. It is not allowed to excavate or dig up (unearth) the grave (tomb).
Washing for touching The Dead Man:
We must wash when we touch the dead man in the case of the corpse coldness and when it is still warm (hot) instinctively. We must not wash ourselves when the dead man was washed and also no need for washing when we touch the dead man before the dead man becomes cold (cool).
Some Rules concerning a person who
touched a dead man
1. If a person touched a dead man, then he is considered that he made "the major Hadath" (happening), then he is not allowed to touch the writing of the "Holy Koran" and also the name of God, the Most High.
2. The rules of the self-polluted person will not applied to the person who touched the dead man, as a result of that, the person can enter the mosques, reading Koran even the verses that need kneeling for their reading.
3. Before washing the body, we wash once only even we touch the dead man several times but before washing. and we must repeat washing if we touched the dead man again, that means when we became pure from the touching and then we repeat touching during washing and after washing, in this case, we must wash again.
4. It is not a condition of humidity (moisture) presence when we touch the dead man for washing, but we must wash merely for touching the dead man.
5. How to wash: The same washing for self-pollution.
6. The washing of touching is not sufficient for ablution. We must perform ablution of prayer.