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Janāza (Funeral Rites)

The customary Muslim death rites: washing (ghusl), shrouding (kafan), funeral prayer (ṣalāt al-janāza), and prompt burial.

The customary Muslim death rites: washing (ghusl), shrouding (kafan), funeral prayer (ṣalāt al-janāza), and prompt burial.

How it traveled

  1. Masail Riwayat Cabd Allah
    Medina · 855
    explains
  2. Mughni
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  3. Rasail Wa Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-ashraf-ali-thanwi-bahishti-zewar-heavenly-ornaments

Bahishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments) · Ashraf Ali Thanwi

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Kafi Fi Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Muntaha Matlab · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Muqnic Fi Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Cumdat Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

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Laali Nayyirat · Ibn Taymiyya

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Masail Riwayat Ibn Hani · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Mughni · Ibn Qudama

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Muhalla Bi Athar · Ibn Hazm

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Muqnica · al-Mufid

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Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Qawacid Ahkam · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Sahih Muslim · Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

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Tabsirat Mutacallimin · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Tadhkirat Fuqaha · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Tahdhib Sunan Abi Dawud · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Tahrir Ahkam · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Zad Macad · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Janāza (Funeral Rites). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.