Members of the local Muslim community in Birmingham gathered today after Dhuhr prayer, at 2pm, at Walsall Jamia Masjid Ghausia to offer the funeral and Janazah prayer for Brother Tarek Ezzat who passed away yesterday.
Ezzat, the former director of AboutIslam, fought cancer since 2018 till he passed away peacefully in Birmingham at Walsall Manor Hospital, at the age of 62.
The Janazah prayer, attended by dozens of the Muslim community, was followed by burial at Willenhall Lawn Cemetery, at 3pm.
“Tarek Ezzat has sadly passed away. Salat Al-Janazah Monday, 26 June, 2023 after Dhuhr (2pm) at Walsall Jamia Masjid Ghausia,” the mosque wrote on Facebook.
“Please attend and inform others. The Janazah will be live streamed for family who are unable to attend.
“We ask Allah SWT to envelope him in His Mercy, elevate and raise his ranks and give him a place in Jannah tul Firdous in the company of the best of creation ﷺ and give his family immense sabr and strength at this extremely difficult time. Ameen.”
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Islam calls for respecting human beings whether alive or dead.
A Muslim’s dead body should be immediately taken to a mortuary for washing and preparation.
Two or three adult Muslims should wash the body and then put on the shroud (kafan). Before the burial, the funeral prayer should be done.
The burial should be done as soon as possible. It is makruh (reprehensible) to delay the burial of the dead.