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A Few Guidelines for the Family to Follow after a Person Passes Away :
1. The family should obtain a doctor’s certificate.
2. They should obtain a burial order.
3. They should obtain a death certificate.
4. They should inform other relatives and friends of the death and of the time of the janaazah.
5. They should arrange for the qabr to be prepared.
6. They should give ghusal to the mayyit.
7. They should enshroud the mayyit in the kafan.
8. They should make arrangements for the mayyit to be transported to the cemetery if the cemetry is at a distance.
9. The heirs should hasten in settling the debts of the deceased before the estate is wound and distributed.
Extracted from The Laws Of Janazah
