伊斯蘭葬禮

伊斯蘭教葬禮(阿拉伯語:جنازة‎)是指穆斯林的喪葬習俗。伊斯蘭教法要求人死後其屍體要儘快埋葬,在此之前要進行簡單的儀式,先沐浴,穿上麥加朝覲時之戒衣(ihram),裹屍,然後是薩拉赫(祈禱),並不用棺木面朝麥加垂直下葬[1]。葬禮通常在死亡後24小時內進行,以保護生者不受任何因屍體腐爛造成的衛生問題的影響,不過戰鬥中死亡的人或是生前觸犯教規的人例外,在這些情況下,在埋葬前確定死因很重要。若然死者在海上去世,而又距離陸地很遠,短時間內沒法回到陸上,那伊斯蘭教容許讓死者面朝麥加海葬,但任何情況下嚴禁火葬[2][3]

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  1. ^ Rema Rahman. Who, What, Why: What are the burial customs in Islam?. BBC News. 25 October 2011 [16 October 2017]. (原始內容存檔於2017-10-18). 
  2. ^ Daar, A. S.; Khitamy, A. Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic bioethics: The cases, Case 1. Abdallah S. Daar and A. Khitamy. 9 January 2001, 164 (1): 60–63. PMC 80636 . PMID 11202669. Mutilation, and thus cremation, is strictly prohibited in Islam. 
  3. ^ Cremation Services. [2019-02-09]. (原始內容存檔於2022-03-30). In eastern religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism cremation is mandated, while in Islam it is strictly forbidden.