Washing a dead body
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Topic: Washing a dead body
Posted By: ummsaleh
Subject: Washing a dead body
Date Posted: 16 July 2005 at 11:23pm
| Has anyone here washed a dead body? Most muslims are turned off, but there is a big reward. Most mosques have lessons. The person should be trustworthy, honest so on. Coming from the West it was strange to see them being wrapped in white sheets; just but down into the ground. When you see a muslim being buried you realize what is death;it's near. I always talk about death to my children and tell them to get as many rewards as possible because you never know when you will go. |
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Posted By: ummziba
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 6:36am
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Assalamu Alaikum Sister ummsaleh, http://www.isna.net/services/casc/guide.html - http://www.isna.net/services/casc/guide.html I was so happy to come across this, as I found that most Muslims I have met have no idea about what to do (there were always people to take care of that kind of thing back home!). All the families of our little community now have a copy in their homes for the inevitable. Peace, ummziba. Admin: The link is broken, you use this link instead: http://wfae.org/post/how-muslims-wash-bury-their-dead - http://wfae.org/post/how-muslims-wash-bury-their-dead |
Posted By: Suleyman
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 6:43am
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I remember my father when imam was washing him...he was smiling..my father was always loving baths,he was an waterbird;i also too...i scare for mine if i will be smiling then imam will warn me:"be serious man you are going to the other world" then i will reply with opening my eyes :"shut up!,just do your work u took the money,i love water and i am happy for going there"... |
Posted By: ummsaleh
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 7:17am
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Salam, my mother-in-law died of cancer last year, she was a stick from the disease. She came to the mosque frozen and after washing her she had a huge smile and a white spot appeared on her forehead and looked 25 years younger. I was shocked and could only say ALLAH AKBAR!!!!! |
Posted By: Suleyman
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 8:07am
May Allah bless your mother,amin!... My father also died from cancer...cancer is an so painful disease that makes you smile when you escape from it no matter if you are dead;there is not so much person knows cancer but i can write it's book...Subhan'Allah! |
ummsaleh wrote:Posted By: Khadija1021
Date Posted: 17 July 2005 at 5:09pm
Assalamu Alaikum Brother Suleyman, reading your comment made me get such a big smile on my face and lightness in my heart. Thank you! Inshallah we will all be smiling when we die. Ummsaleh, thank you for starting this thread. I think we all need to know these things especially those who do not live in large Muslim communities. It reminds me that I need to let my daughters know that when I die, I must be buried as a Muslim and not like a Christian. Ummziba, thank you for sharing the link where I can get more information to share with my daughters. They are not Muslim but I know they will make sure I am buried the way I must be and the information on that link will be helpful. PAZ, Khadija ------------- Say: 'My prayer and my rites, my living and my dying, are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds. (Qur'an, 6:162) |
Posted By: J.R.
Date Posted: 18 July 2005 at 2:58am
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Assalamu Alaikum,
I too thank you for starting this thread and for the sisters and brothers who contributed to it. It made me realize I really should make a living will that directs my family to give me an Islamic burial if something were to happen to me. I really feel if it did my family would bury me as a Christian since they still have not accepted me as a Muslim. Allah hafiz, J.R. ------------- Smile |
Posted By: ummsaleh
Date Posted: 18 July 2005 at 7:13am
| Thank- you all and i hope to discuss some more important topics soon. |
Posted By: ummsaleh
Date Posted: 18 July 2005 at 7:23am
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Brother Suleyman and muslim friends Cancer is horrible, my mother-in-law suffered, but she was a good muslim. She would tell of of us to pray on her;recite Quran or leave the room. She remembered Allah to the end. She was a role model for the family, she would always pass out her religious cassettes and remind us to pray and be patient; we all miss her. We all should be role models for our children, family and friends. Reminding people to pray and to remember allah has became a strange/ weird thing to do. I always remind my friends to try to get extra rewards from Allah and they think i'm going crazy ( and they are muslims). It would be nice to write about things that bother us and try to find a solution. |
Posted By: ummziba
Date Posted: 18 July 2005 at 10:41am
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Assalamu alaikum Sister ummsaleh,
What kinds of things? Start a new thread (or threads) on specific things you want to talk about. There are lots of sisters here (and brothers) who will respond. Peace, ummziba. ------------- Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they break my soul ~ |