and buried without being laid in a casket. Why is that? Don't Muslims believe in being laid to rest in a coffin?
2007-03-06 22:58:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No we dont, you have to be wrapped in the white cloth in a certain way and then just be buried like that. Also there is a cleansing ritual that has to followed. The body has to be washed a certain way and the cloth has to be draped also in a specific way. You dont have to be in a coffin. Some muslims are very set against it cos they believe that its immitating the christians but some do get buried in a coffin while still being wrapped in the cloths.
2007-03-06 23:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muslim tradition prescribes that Muslims be buried without a coffin, facing towards Mecca and in soil wrapped in a white shroud.
2007-03-06 23:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by NS 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
being laid to rest in a coffin is just considered formality, I say for the sake of formality.Do what the Muslims do while you are in their country or in their governance.
2007-03-06 23:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no answer to your actual question, but you bring up another excellent question that has always bothered me. I do not understand why anyone is buried in a coffin. I mean really, what's the point? You're DEAD. Might as well use your body as fertilizer. That's my thoughts on the subject.
Waste not, want not.
2007-03-06 23:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, muslims simply wrap the body in a white cloth and bury it.
2007-03-06 23:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think it is necessary to have a coffin in the Muslim world. In my country we do not have coffins.
2007-03-07 01:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by Ayaz N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rules About Burial of the Dead Body
http://www.al-islam.org/laws/burial.html
2007-03-06 23:12:34 · answer #7 · answered by A2Z 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we don't.
2007-03-06 23:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋