Funeral Services

At the unfortunate times of death cases in the Muslim community in Stillwater, the Islamic Society of Stillwater offers many services to the deceased’s family members and offer mental and spiritual support for all who may need the service.The ISS also makes all the necessary communications with the Islamic centers in either OKC or Tulsa to prepare for the necessary arrangements.
Below are some information about Interment Services, Logan county at the Mercy Cemetery.

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If the burial place is chosen to be OKC’s Mercy Cemetery, the following instructions are to be followed:

Driving Directions:
The driving directions from the OKC Islmic Center/Masjid An-Nasr (3815 N. St Clair Ave.). Keep your flasher lights on. You may follow the funeral home car to the cemetery.

  1.  Take St. Clair North. (Make a left from the Masjid’s parking lot).
  2. Take NW 39th Expressway East. (Make a right on 39th, and stay in left lane).
  3. Exit Lake Hefner Pkwy SH 74 (North)
  4. Merge onto Hefner Pkwy. (Hefner Pkwy turns into Portland Ave.)
  5. Stay on Hefner Pkwy for 14 miles.
  6. Exit 74 West. (Left turn towards Cashion).
  7. Drive 3 miles on 74 F until you reach Rockwell Ave.
  8. Make a left turn on Rockwell
  9. Drive 1/4 mile on Rockwell into the first entrance

Funeral Prayer

The funeral prayer is a special service for the deceased. The deceased will be placed in front of the congregation, and Muslims will line up behind him or her.

  • The Imam (the leader of prayer) will loudly announce the superiority of God by saying “Allahu Akbar” [God is Greater], People behind the Imam will then quietly [inaudiblly] recite Chapter 1 from The Holy Quran. It translates as follows:
    1. In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
    2. All Praise is due to God, Lord of the Worlds,
    3. The Entirely Merciful the Especially Merciful,
    4. Sovereign of the Day of Recompense,
    5. It is You we Worship and it is You we ask for help,
    6. Guide us to the straight path,
    7. The path of those upon whom you have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked Your Anger or those who are astray.
  • The Imam will announce loudly for the second time “Allahu Akbar”
    1. People behind the Imam will then Recite Quietly the Abrahamic Prayer:
      “Oh God send Your love and mercy among your Prophet Muhammad and the progeny of Prophet Muhammad as you bestowed Your love and mercy on Prophet Abraham and the progeny of Prophet Abraham.
    2. Oh God bless Prophet Muhammad and his progeny as you blessed Prophet Abraham and his progeny. Indeed, Lord, You are the All-Patient, the All-Glorious.
  • The Imam will, for the third time, Joudly announce “Allahu Akbar”
    1. People behind the Imam will then pray for the deceased:
      1. “Oh God forgive him//her and have mercy on him/her. Relief him/her of all en and Pardon him/her.
      2. Honor his/her status, and expand his/her entrance.
      3. Wash him/her with water, ice, and snow, and purify his/her soul of sins as you purify a white garment of filth. Admit him/her to paradise.
  • The Imam will loudly announce for the last time, “Allahu Akbar”
    1. People behind the Imam will then pray for themselves, the family of the deceased, and for the entire humanity.
      1. Oh God grant his/her family patience. Oh God forgive us and him/her. Oh God guide humanity to peace. ( You may pray for anything and anyone. )
  • The Imam closes the funeral prayer by turning his head to the right (then left), and will loudly say “Assalamu alikom wa rahmatullah” (May God’s mercy and peace be with you”).

Dua (Prayer)

“O Allah! You are his/her Sustainer, You are his/her Creator, You provided him/her with sustenance, guided him/her to Islam, caused him/her to die, and You best know his/her secret and public life. We plead to You on his/her behalf to forgive his/her sins.”

“O Allah! [the name of the deceased person], son/daughter of [the name of his/her parents], is under Your protection and mercy, so protect him/her from the trial of the grave and the torture of Hell Fire. You are the guardian of the truthful and the faithful.

O Allah! Forgive him/her and be merciful to him/her, as You are the Most Merciful, Most Forgiving.”

“O Allah! Forgive him/her, have mercy on him/her, pardon him/her, heal him/her, and be generous to him/her. Cause his/her entrance to be wide and comfortable, wash him/her with the most pure and clean water, and purify him/her from sins as a white garment is washed clean of dirt. Give him/her in exchange a home better than his/her home (on earth) and a dwelling better than his/her dwelling, and protect him/her from the trial of the grave and the torture of Hell Fire.”

“O Allah! Forgive our living, our dead, our young, our old, our males and our females, those of us who are present, and those who are absent.

O Allah! Whomsoever among us You keep to live, make him to live in Islam, and whomsoever You cause to die, let him die in faith.

O Allah! Do not deprive us of our reward for (supplicating for) him/her, and cause us not to go astray after him/her.”

“O Allah, make him/her for his parents a forerunner, a treasure and a warning, an honor, an intercessor, and cause him/her to make their scales of good deeds
heavier (on the Day of Judgment).

O Allah! Grant them patience, and O Allah! Do not put them to trial after him/her, nor deprive them of his/her reward.”

At the Cemetery

Because of the universality of Islam, all services are done modestly and in a simple manner.

  • The shrouded body will be entered into his/her grave by the hands of a male family member or a friend
  • People attending the burial should pray quietly and remember death
  • People in the cemetery must not step over any existing grave. Graves are recognized by an obvious pile on top, and a headstone
  • You may walk between graves
  • All graves are facing North East. (Direction worshipers face while praying.)
  • The deceased will be placed directly on the ground, covered by a vault
  • Due to the emotional gravity of the situation, Islamic tradition highly discourages Sisters from attending the actual burial. Once the vault covers the deceased, Sisters might come to the grave area for a final prayer
  • It is not permitted according to Muslim traditions that anything is buried with the deceased
  • The Imam will then perform a short prayer reminding people of the hereafter.

At this point, the service is over.

Traditionally,

  • Members of the deceased’s family will stay in the tent to receive condolences
  • Some people may stay until the entire grave is covered and marked
  • You May Pray Silently at The Cemetery