#45 Death of a Muslim - Funeral rites, Ghusl, Soul’s journey after death, Post-mortem, Organ donation | Cradle2Grave Part6

In this episode of Cradle2Grave, we discuss the topic of death and how to prepare for it and how to manage when we are in this situation. We cover a number of topics including:

• Why Shaykh Amer started his popular courses on preparing for death
• What to do when a loved one is in the last stages of their life
• Should you visit people in hospital at the end of their life?
• What is the process when someone dies ? For example, getting the death certificate and arranging the funeral
• The morning of the janazah and burial
• Are post mortems permissible?
• Organ donation
• Should the burial be done abroad?
• Having a headstone at the grave
• Placing flowers at the grave
• Is there such a thing as a good or bad death?
• What deaths would be considered as martyrdom?
• Ghusl of the deceased
• Reciting quran and dhikr once the person has died
• Showing the face of the deceased
• The souls journey after death
• The questioning in the grave and the barzakh (interspace)
• How should family and friends deal with their loss
• Is reading the Quran for the deceased permissible?
• Offering condolences

 

ABOUT THE SERIES

Cradle2Grave is a series discussing how Muslims can navigate important life events from the moment we are born to the time when we leave this earth.

The topics we discuss include 

• Marriage
• Parenting
• Childhood abuse
• Old age
• Death

Unfortunately the first episode on Birth has been lost due to technical issues.

 

The series was originally broadcast in Ramadhan 2017 on Radio Ramadhan Glasgow https://www.rr365.co.uk

 

GUESTS AND HOSTS

Hosted by Dr Aman and Umran.

 

Shaykh Amer Jamil (https://www.amerjamil.com) is a Scottish-born Islamic Scholar and co-founder of iSyllabus UK (https://www.isyllabus.org) , an educational institute that has taught 7000+ students across 15 UK cities over the last 10 years. He is a specialist in Islamic family law and provides guidance and support for those experiencing family and marital difficulties at Unity Family Services (https://www.unityfamily.co.uk). He has been described as one of the Scotland’s most prominent and respected Muslim thinkers by the Scottish media.

 

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