Burial Rituals of the Dead for Non-Muslims in the Islamic East

Abstract

Objectives: this study aims at uncover that the death and afterlife are one of the issues that concern the humanity. On the contrary to life, Death is a terrifying and fearful matter that triggers human's feelings and obsessions. What will happen after life and to which place will the soul go after this life are the main questions that are asked. Therefore, human learns the burial since the beginning in which mourning was a rite since it relieves the stress that the bereaved family suffers from.Methods: a number of resources that include books of general history, language, literature, and travel books were examined and relied on in this study.Results: the results of the study show that burial rituals and places differ according to different religions. Priests and kings were buried in holy places, or their own independent shrines. As for burial, some of them were buried and others were burned.Conclusion: It is found that some burial rites of the Jews are similar to that of the Muslims in terms of uttering the phrase of monotheism (Alshmaa) before death or by anyone near him, washing their dead people and putting in the coffin.

alnatayija

1-takhtalif tuqus aldafn wamakan aldafn liakhtilaf aldiyanati.

2-kan alkahnat walmuluk yudfnwn fi alamakin almuqadasat aw alaidridrihat almustaqilat alkhasat bihim. ama min hayth aldafn falbaed yudfan walakhir yahraqu.

3-akhtilaf tariqat aldafn albaed kan yahriq walbaed alakhir yudfan walakhir yadae fi amakin ealiatan