Sample Islamic Obituary

نموذج نعوة إسلامية

An Islamic obituary is a written notice of a person’s death to inform the local muslim community. It provides information about the deceased, including their survivors and funeral arrangements, usually on one page, to be distributed in print and or electronically.

What information is included in an obituary?

Name: The deceased’s full name

Services: The date, time, and location of deceased prayer, burial, and 3-day mourning/condolences accepting services. 

Dates: Date of birth, date of death, and place of death can be included.

Survivors: The names of close relatives (in this sample, family names of relatives, and individual names of close relatives)

Find on this page a sample Islamic obituary in Arabic that you can download, edit, and print or distribute electronically. These multiformat reusable documents are formatted following the Syrian – Lebanese format, and probably in other Muslim societies, and are usable, everywhere. They are made available for all muslims as an ongoing sadaqah by the family of Mohammad Anwar Baroudi–may Allah grant mercy to him, his family, you and your family and community, and all Muslims. Please make duaa for him and his family, yours and yourself, and all deceased muslims everywhere.

You can visit the Du’a for the deceased page to learn and read a great dua’a for deceased Muslims, and other related pages to learn more about islamic funeral process.

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This sample obituary is based on a format commonly used in Syria and Lebanon. If obituaries are worded or laid out differently in your country, please let us know of the differences in the comment box below.

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