Funeral
An Islamic funeral is considered a community event. Muslims believe a funeral to be a very spiritual occasion. Everyone in attendance participates in group prayers.
One very important funeral rite in the Islamic faith is that burial take place as quickly as possible after death.
Funeral process
The Muslims of the community gather to offer their collective prayers for the forgiveness of the dead. This prayer has been generally termed as the Salat al-Janazah (Funeral prayer). Funeral prayers/Janazah are led by the Imam.
Like Eid prayer, the Janazah prayer incorporates an additional four Takbirs, the Arabic name for the phrase Allahu Akbar, but there is no Ruku’ (bowing) and Sujud (prostrating)