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Islamic funeral practices
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_funeral_practices
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Funeral customs
gptkbp:autopsyAllowed
Discouraged unless required by law
gptkbp:bodyFacing
Qibla (direction of Mecca)
gptkbp:bodyPositionInGrave
Right side facing Qibla
gptkbp:bodyPreparation
Washed, shrouded, perfumed
gptkbp:bodyTransport
Respectful and prompt
gptkbp:bodyWashing
gptkb:Ghusl
gptkbp:burialTimeframe
As soon as possible
gptkbp:charityEncouraged
Yes
gptkbp:childrenFuneral
Same rites as adults
gptkbp:color
gptkb:Janazah
gptkbp:condolencePeriod
Three days
gptkbp:cremationAllowed
No
gptkbp:embalmingAllowed
Discouraged unless required by law
gptkbp:funeralAnnouncement
Permitted, but not ostentatious
gptkbp:funeralAttendance
Open to all Muslims
gptkbp:funeralCost
Should be modest
gptkbp:funeralLeader
Imam or knowledgeable Muslim
gptkbp:funeralMeal
Provided by neighbors, not bereaved family
gptkbp:funeralProcession
Accompanied by prayers
gptkbp:funeralProcessionOrder
Men in front, women behind
gptkbp:gender
Observed during funeral
gptkbp:graveDepth
Sufficient to conceal body
gptkbp:graveFilling
By family or community
gptkbp:graveMarker
Simple, unadorned
gptkbp:graveOrientation
Perpendicular to Qibla
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Islamic funeral practices
gptkbp:mourningClothing
No specific requirement
gptkbp:mourningPeriod
Three days
gptkbp:mourningPeriodForWidow
gptkb:Iddah_(four_months_and_ten_days)
gptkbp:organDonation
Permitted with conditions
gptkbp:prayerLocation
Mosque or open area
gptkbp:prayers
gptkb:Salat_al-Janazah
gptkbp:prohibitedFuneralPractices
Superstitions, non-Islamic rituals
gptkbp:prohibitedItemsInGrave
Valuables, personal effects
gptkbp:prohibitedRituals
Wailing, excessive lamentation
gptkbp:recitationAtGrave
Permitted
gptkbp:recitationDuringFuneral
gptkb:Quran
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:shrouding
gptkb:Kafan
gptkbp:visitingGraves
Permitted and encouraged
gptkbp:womenAtGraveyard
Permitted but discouraged in some traditions
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Islamic_cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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