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(Warning: The following should not be viewed as an authoritative nor an exhaustive document. Its modest aim is to inform on the necessary steps that one should do upon death. Prices are estimate. It should not replace the advise of your local mosque/imam. Please feel free to add/correct information herein and Contact information@aaagw.org to do the update. Thank You. ) THINGS TO DO UPON DEATH Outline
A. If death occurs in a Hospital B. If death occurs at home or due to accident Appendices
B. Cemeteries C. Information and Videos on washing D. The rituals E. Emergency Notification Card A.
If death occurs in a Hospital: 1. Contact the funeral Home and inform them of your desire to have
them handle the body. Follow the instructions given by the funeral home. (See Appendix A ) For example: Universal Mortuary, Inc. (Muslim
Funeral Home) 411 Kennedy Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20011 (202) 723‑1075 (BUS) (202) 829‑4773 (Fax) Contact Person: Br. AL‑Mateen Loudoun Funeral Chapels P.O. Box 1316 158 Catoctin Circle, S.E. Leesburg, Virginia 20177 (703)‑777‑6000 contact person: Mr. William J. McDonough
2. Go to the Head Nurse's office in the hospital and give them the name of the funeral home whom you authorized to handle the body. 3. The hospital will release the body to the funeral home after the death certificate is signed. 4. Contact the person(s) who will help in washing and wrapping the body and make arrangements with the funeral home. (See Appendix C) 5. Contact the organization from which you have purchased the burial site and request the authorization on interment to be faxed to the funeral home. 6. Contact your local mosque first to find out if they have a Muslim cemetery and if they issue and sale a lot. 7. Then Contact the cemetery and inform them regarding burial site. For example: ·
Sterling
Cemetery ·
Al‑Muslim
Cemetery (ICNA) 1112 Brooke Road, Rt. 608 Stafford County, VA (703)360‑6282 Contact Person: Sikander Javed They have FREE Plots, pay only for digging and liner 8. The funeral home will transport the boy from the hospital to the facilities, provide the accommodations for preparation of the body, and transport the body to the mosque/cemetery. * To mosque in D.C. add additional $100.00 to total. B.
If death occurs at home or due to accident Same as above. Contact the funeral home and follow their directions after checking with your local mosque. (See Appendix B) C. Funeral expenses
Here are some
approximated funeral expenses:
* Universal Mortuary, Inc. Staff and facilities to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference with clergy, obtaining death certificate and necessary permit, coordinating details with cemetery or other parties responsible for disposition of deceased. This fee is already includes immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains. ** Total Charges of Funeral Home and cemetery expenses will be required prior to burial. *** Temporary marker until replacement is purchased additional $27.17 Note: ‑ The simplest is to purchase a headstone engraved with the name of the deceased, date of birth and date of death. - Above prices reflect an adult burial. Price for infants under age 1 range from $250.00 to $750.00 plus cemetery property. ‑ Request adequate number of death certificates from Funeral Home. D. Planning ahead. Get familiar with a funeral home. Visit the funeral home and get telephone, fax and the emergency phone numbers. Obtain and keep the name of a contact person at the funeral home. Two of the funeral homes, familiar with the Muslim burial procedure, are: Universal Mortuary, Inc. (Muslim Funeral Home) 411 Kennedy Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20011 (202) 723‑1075 (BUS) (202) 829‑4773 (Fax) Contact Person: Br. AL‑Mateen Loudoun Funeral ChapelsP.O. Box 1316 158 Catoctin Circle, S.E. Leesburg, Virginia 20177 (703)‑777‑6000 contact person: Mr. William J. McDonough 1. Obtain and keep a list of Muslim persons (men & womem) willing to wash the body or help you in washing the body. 2. Purchase and keep in a safe place in your house, body wraps for men and women. The body wraps must be a clean, cotton (non‑silken), preferably white cloth. The materials required are as follows: , For a male body: One (1) piece 4 feet wide by 12 feet long and two (2) pieces 4 feet wide by 8 feet long. For. a female body: One (1) piece 4 feet wide by 12 feet long and four (4) pieces 4 feet wide by 8 feet long. Also obtain and keep in a safe place in your house a non‑alcohol perfume (camphor) 3. Get familiar with the Muslim Burial Grounds at George Washington Cemetery located at: George Washington Cemetery Co., Inc. 9500 Riggs Road, Adelphi, MD 20783 (301) 434‑4640 (202) 866‑4640 The Muslim Burial Grounds are located in Section 4, Blocks F and G, on Cemetery Drive. You are encouraged to go and visit the cemetery. Direction to the George Washington Cemetery Take the Beltway and go South on New Hampshire Avenue, make a left on Adelphi Road, and Left on Riggs Road. The entrance of the Cemetery is on the left hand side. 4. You can purchase a burial site at the Muslims Burial Grounds in George Washington Cemetery by contacting any of the following organizations: Dar Al‑Hijrah Islamic
Center 3159 row Street Falls Church, Virginia 22044 (703)536‑1035 Islamic
Center of Maryland (ICM) P.O. Box 2224 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20886 (301) 977‑6614 All
Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) P.O. Box 1085 Herndon, Virginia 22070 (703)318‑0529 Islamic
Center of Washington S Be sure to obtain the information and location of the burial site. (e.g. ‑site #?, Lot #?, Section ?) 5. WRITE A WILL FUNERAL HOMES
Advent Funeral Services (Falls
Church, VA) (703)241‑7402 Alexander (in D.C.) Chambers Funeral Homes In Riverdale, MD and Silver Spring, MD Colonial Funeral Home (Falls
Church, VA) (703)532‑5161 DeVoll Funeral Home (in D.C. and Gaithersburg ) Loudoun Funeral Chapels (in Leesburg) 1‑703‑777‑6000 Pope Funeral Homes (in D.C.) Price Funeral Home (703)257‑6028 Sterling Funeral Home (in D.C.) Universal Funeral &
Mortuary 411 Kennedy Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202)723‑1075/pager‑(202)542‑9709 Mr. Abdul Mateen, Mr. Akbar Sharrieff Appendix
B
CEMETERIES AI‑Muslim Cemetery (ICNA) 1112 Brooke Road, Rt. 608 Stafford County, VA (703)360‑6282 Sikander Javed ·
Seven
Acres ·
Free
Plots, pay only for digging and liner George Washington Cemetery
Company, Inc. (Muslim Section 4, Block F & G) 9500 Riggs Road Adelphi, MD 20783 (301)434‑4640 (202)666‑4640 Maryland National Memorial
Park (VA) (Muslim Section called Baugh‑e‑Mustafa) National Memorial Park Falls Church, VA Sterling Cemetery (Sterling,
VA) Stone Wall Cemetery (Prophet's Garden Section) (703)257‑5537 Parklawn Cemetery (Multi faith section) Rockville, Maryland. Appendix C
INFORMATION AND VIDEOS ON WASHING Abedi, Ali (301)369‑0576 Abo‑Issa,
Samir (703)531‑2901 Haq, Shamsul (301)622‑4744 Javed, Sikander (703)360‑6282 Khan, Fazul (301) 384‑3454 Khan, Safi (301)982‑2402 Magid, Muhammad (703)318‑0529 Mateen, Abdul (202) 542‑9709 (pager) Muhammad,
Kamara (202) 745‑0125 (video) Nahidian, AbolFazl (703)257‑5537 Khalifa,
El-Krif (703) 979 3332 (202) 332 8343 The Rituals A. At the funeral home: -
Have surat Yasin, chapter XXXVI recited in
the room. + -
Make some duas ( ……….) B. Prayer
preferably done over the deceased at a
Mosque* * Detail information can be found in: “Islam: Creed and Worship” by Muhammad Abdul Rauf, The Islamic Center Washington DC. (A copy is with the AAAGW) The
prayer consists of four (4) takbirs
(Say Allah oua Akbar) 1.
In the first Takbir . Recite Sourate Al-Fatiha (1st sourate in the Koran) 2.
In the second Takbir. Make Duas for
the prophet 3.
In the Third Takbir. Make Duas for the deceased 4.
In the
four Takbir. Make Duas for the humanity (ouma) Note: The attendees should make an odd number of rows or at least Three (3)
rows. C. At the cemetery:
D. Funeral greeting: Present your condolences to the deceased family by the following expression: Ina Lillahi wa Ina Illayhi Raji'oun.
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