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Don't forget the poor bastards who'll have to carry her body to the grave in the Kuwait heat otherwise.
Funeral and condolence traditions in Kuwait are simple. Death is predestined; hence, showing excessive grief is considered a kind of objection to Allah's will***. Also, funeral orations and memorials are considered unnecessary.
After death, relatives of the deceased wash his body in the house of the dead person while wearing gloves. They use jujube as a cleanser. Then, the body is dried and perfumed with rose oil, aloe, wood and camphor. After finishing, the body is covered with a white cotton cloth and wrapped with a cotton cover.
According to Islamic Sharia, the burial is performed before sunset of the day of death. First, the body is carried to the mosque where people observe the funeral prayer. Passers-by join the funeral on its way to the mosque. After the funeral prayer, the body is carried to the cemetery where it is buried in a side cavity. The face of the deceased should be directed to the Qebla, i.e. towards Mecca. That is the direction of Muslims in prayer. The grave is, then, filled with earth till it reaches a few centimeters above the level of the ground. Two clay unmarked gravestones are placed on the grave. These gravestones signify that there is a grave at that place that should not be trodden upon.
During the three days following the burial, the family of the deceased receives those paying their condolences at home. According to Islamic rules, a woman who loses her husband must wait for four months and ten days to make sure whether she is pregnant or not. This period is called "Idda". During "Idda", the widow is not allowed to look, meet or talk to any male except "mahrams". Mahrams are near relatives whom she can not marry. The widow is also not allowed to wear make up. After this period, the widow bathes in the sea and becomes free to marry once more. These simple and quick traditions of the past continued to the present. The only difference is that washing the body of the deceased and the funeral prayer are performed at the cemetery. Other traditions including receiving condolences for three days after the burial and Idda for the widow are maintained.
source (Kuwait Government Online)
*** Don't you get all sappy over Chins' inevitable passing!!!
After death, relatives of the deceased wash his body in the house of the dead person while wearing gloves. They use jujube as a cleanser. Then, the body is dried and perfumed with rose oil, aloe, wood and camphor. After finishing, the body is covered with a white cotton cloth and wrapped with a cotton cover.
According to Islamic Sharia, the burial is performed before sunset of the day of death. First, the body is carried to the mosque where people observe the funeral prayer. Passers-by join the funeral on its way to the mosque. After the funeral prayer, the body is carried to the cemetery where it is buried in a side cavity. The face of the deceased should be directed to the Qebla, i.e. towards Mecca. That is the direction of Muslims in prayer. The grave is, then, filled with earth till it reaches a few centimeters above the level of the ground. Two clay unmarked gravestones are placed on the grave. These gravestones signify that there is a grave at that place that should not be trodden upon.
During the three days following the burial, the family of the deceased receives those paying their condolences at home. According to Islamic rules, a woman who loses her husband must wait for four months and ten days to make sure whether she is pregnant or not. This period is called "Idda". During "Idda", the widow is not allowed to look, meet or talk to any male except "mahrams". Mahrams are near relatives whom she can not marry. The widow is also not allowed to wear make up. After this period, the widow bathes in the sea and becomes free to marry once more. These simple and quick traditions of the past continued to the present. The only difference is that washing the body of the deceased and the funeral prayer are performed at the cemetery. Other traditions including receiving condolences for three days after the burial and Idda for the widow are maintained.
source (Kuwait Government Online)
*** Don't you get all sappy over Chins' inevitable passing!!!
