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ARTICLE 1: FUNERAL AND BURIAL RITES

I ordain that no autopsy or embalmment be done on my body unless required by law, that without

unjustified delay my body be washed, wrapped with cloth free of any ornaments and other articles,

prayed for, and then buried, which all shall be done by Muslims in complete accordance with Islamic

religion.

A. I hereby nominate and appoint ____________________________________________

residing at ______________________________________________________________,

to execute these and other necessary provisions for my Islamic funeral and burial. In the event that the

above named person shall be unwilling or unable to execute, I nominate and

appoint______________________________ residing at _______________________.

And in the event that this person shall be unwilling or unable to execute, I nominate and appoint the

Islamic Association of Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina to execute these provisions of funeral and

burial.

B. In the event of legal difficulties in the execution of this article, I direct the above-named persons to

seek counsel from the Islamic Association of Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina.

C. I ordain that absolutely no non-Islamic religious service or observance shall be conducted upon my

death, or to my body.

D. I ordain that no pictures, crescents and stars, decorations, crosses, flags, or any symbols, Islamic or

otherwise, or any music be involved at any stage of the process of conducting my burial or ever be

placed at the site of my grave.

E. I ordain that my body shall not be transported over any unreasonable distance from the locality of

death, particularly when such transportation would necessitate embalming, unless when long distance

transportation is required to reach the nearest Muslim cemetery, or if decided upon by my Muslim

family.

F. I ordain that my grave be dug deep and in accordance with the specifications of Islamic practice;

that it faces the direction of the qiblah (the direction of the city of Mecca in the Arabian peninsula to

which Muslims turn during prayers).

G. I ordain that my body shall be buried without casket or any other encasement that separates the

wrapped body from the surrounding soil. in the event that the local laws require casket encasement, I

ordain that such encasement be of simple, most modest, and least expensive type possible, and I further

ordain that he encasement be left open during burial and filled with dirt unless prohibited by law.

H. I ordain that my grave be leveled with the ground or slightly mounded with no construction of any

kind. The marking, if necessary, should be a simple stone or any simple marker, merely to indicate the

presence of a grave. There shall be no inscriptions or symbols on the said marking.

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