The Laws of Janaazah

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

A Detailed Treatise Providing Insight into the Shar’ee Laws Pertaining to Janaazah.

Rasulullah ﷺ presented the ultimate and most exemplary example for all of mankind to follow in every facet of life – from birth to death. He thus taught the Ummah what should be done when a child is born, and also what are the rites to be observed when someone has passed away.

When a person has passed away, he becomes a lifeless body in the hands of others. They do with him as they wish. However, now that he is unable to do anything for himself, it is his right upon his near and dear ones, as well as those close to him, that all his matters pertaining to his last moments of life, as well as his ghusal, kafan, burial, winding of his estate and every other aspect relating to his death and after-death, be managed and undertaken in the most perfect way – the way of the sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ . To neglect the laws of Deen and the sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ at this critical time in a person’s journey to the Hereafter is indeed an injustice to the marhoom.

In order to conduct all the affairs at the time of death in the correct manner according to the sunnah, this excellent treatise adorned with detailed references, has been presented by Moulana Zakaria Makada Saheb, Ustaaz of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach.