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Death & Burial Rituals in Islam
Word: Salat al-Mayyit
Meaning: prayer for the dead
Word: Ghusl al-Mayyit
Meaning: ritual washing of the dead
Word: Kafan
Meaning: burial shroud
Word: Salat al-wahsha
Meaning: a two rakat prayer for the departed soul on the first night of the funeral between Maghrib and Isha prayers.
Word: Barzakh
Meaning: purgatory
Word: Tahnit
Meaning: applying camphor on the seven areas of the body that touches the ground during prayers
Word: Munkir and Nakir
Meaning: the two angels that interrogate you in the grave