Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 99
S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book 99 are present and all who come to know of the death later, should recite: را ﻌﻮن اﻟ�� واﻧﺂ �� َُِّْْاﻧﺎ َََََِِِِِِّّٰﺟ ﻟ Transliteration: Inn a lill a hi wa inn a ilaihi r a ji‘ u n. Translation: Indeed we are for Allah and it is to Him that we return. The eyes of the deceased should be closed by hand and a cloth band should be used round his chin and head so that his mouth is closed. Instead of bewailing, one should remain calm and patient and attend to the funeral and burial arrangements. The body should be bathed in the following manner: Fresh or lukewarm water should be used to wash the body three times. The practise of the Holy Prophet sa was to put some leaves of a Ber i tree in the water for washing the dead body. First of all, those limbs, which are washed during normal Wu du’ (Ablutions) should be washed though it is not required to pour water in the mouth or nostrils to clean them or to wash the feet. Next the body should be washed, first the right side and then the left. Private parts of the body should remain covered by a cloth. Men alone can bathe male persons and women alone can bathe female persons. The body should then be wrapped in a shroud, which normally is made of an inexpensive