Your family just lost someone. The burial should happen within 24 hours. You have no idea where to start.
Islamic law is clear: bury the dead quickly, with dignity, without delay. But everything around that simple principle is complicated — the country-specific legal registration that must happen before anyone touches the body, the ghusl washing procedure that most second-generation diaspora families have never witnessed, the decision about whether to bury locally or repatriate to North Africa, and the cultural expectations that vary sharply between Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian families.
The mosque pamphlets cover the universal basics. Your uncle has opinions. Reddit has contradictions. The consulate has paperwork. None of them give you the complete picture — the one that bridges Maliki jurisprudence, North African cultural customs, and Western civil law into a single sequence you can actually follow while grieving.
The North African Funeral Coordinator — Everything in One Document
This is not a theological text. It is a 51-page operational guide that walks you through every step from the moment of death through the 40th-day memorial, with the North African cultural context built into every chapter. Country-by-country legal registration procedures. The full Maliki ghusl sequence with a materials checklist. A complete repatriation pipeline with cost breakdowns. And the cultural customs — Egyptian azza gatherings, Moroccan white mourning, Algerian Kabyle communal cooking, Tunisian Farq memorials — presented alongside the orthodox Islamic position so you know which practices are scripturally mandated and which are regional traditions your family can choose to observe or decline.
What's Inside
- Immediate post-death protocols — the physical steps (closing eyes, binding jaw, positioning body), the notification sequence (doctor → imam → family → insurance), and how to start the repatriation conversation before extended family makes the decision for you
- Death registration — four countries side by side — Egypt (Bureau of Health, Form 32-A), Morocco (Ministry of Interior), Algeria (APC burial permit), Tunisia (municipal court judge), plus parallel diaspora procedures for France and the UK
- Ghusl ritual washing — the full Maliki-compliant sequence with heated water, lote tree (sidr) leaves, camphor, modesty protocols for the awrah, the odd-number rule (three, five, or seven washes), and what to do when your local mosque's washing team follows Hanafi rather than Maliki practice
- Kafan shrouding — three-piece for men, five-piece for women, camphor placement on prostration points, and sourcing shroud cloth in the diaspora
- Salat al-Janazah — the standing-only prayer with four Takbirs, congregational positioning, the specific supplications, and notes for family members attending for the first time
- Burial and cemetery practices — Lahd niche construction, Qibla orientation, the three handfuls of soil, and the conflict between Islamic shroud-only burial and Western cemetery requirements (mandatory coffins in France, concrete vault mandates elsewhere)
- Mourning periods — the three-day hidad, the four-month-ten-day iddah for widows, the Egyptian Arba'een (40th day), the Tunisian Farq, and how to coordinate memorial gatherings when the family is split between North Africa and Europe
- Repatriation logistics — the complete pipeline from France/UK to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, or Egypt: embalming requirements (and the theological tension), zinc-lined coffin specifications, consular transfer permits, airline cargo, and costs (€3,000–€8,000)
- Insurance and mutual aid — SAA (Algeria), Injad Sans Frontière (Morocco), Ciel Assurances (Tunisia), and what happens when there is no repatriation policy
- Etiquette and dress — the Moroccan white-mourning custom versus Western black, gender-segregated spaces, condolence phrases in Arabic with transliteration, and a section for non-Muslim attendees
- Food and hospitality — the prophetic tradition of neighbors feeding the family, hiring Quranic reciters (Qari) for the Egyptian azza, Kabyle village funeral couscous, and Sadaqah Jariyah alternatives when the hospitality burden becomes unsustainable
- Eight printable worksheets — repatriation insurance locator, ghusl materials and preparation list, family document organizer, condolence visitor log, funeral expense tracker, memorial gathering planner, death registration tracker, and vendor questionnaire — each a separate fillable PDF
Who This Is For
- Diaspora families in France, the UK, or North America — your parent or grandparent has died and you need to coordinate a funeral that satisfies Islamic requirements, North African cultural expectations, and Western civil law simultaneously
- Interfaith or non-Muslim relatives — you have been pulled into funeral planning and need to understand the timeline, the rituals, and the social rules without violating a boundary you did not know existed
- Families deciding between repatriation and local burial — you need real cost comparisons and a clear document checklist, not a guilt trip from relatives operating on twenty-year-old assumptions
- Less-observant adult children — you want to give your parent an orthodox farewell but are unfamiliar with Maliki washing rules, the shrouding sequence, or the funeral prayer
- Funeral directors and chaplains serving North African Muslim communities — the guide explains the time pressure, the cultural customs, and the repatriation pipeline your families face
Why Free Resources Fall Short
Mosque pamphlets cover universal Sunni theology. They do not address the differences between Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian customs — and they often label regional traditions as "forbidden innovations" without helping you navigate the family pressure to observe them. Consular websites list the repatriation paperwork. They do not explain how to coordinate that paperwork with the Islamic urgency for rapid burial or how to handle the embalming requirement that most scholars discourage. Forum posts contain lived experience. They also contain contradictory advice, sectarian judgments, and outdated consular requirements. None of these sources give you a single, structured document that connects the religious, legal, cultural, and logistical dimensions of the funeral you are planning right now.
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The free checklist covers the essential tasks. The full guide covers the how — with country-by-country legal procedures, the complete ghusl and kafan sequences, repatriation cost breakdowns, and the cultural context that checklist items cannot carry. Download the checklist to start, or get the complete guide for and have everything ready before the next decision lands on you.