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Shia Burial
Duas & A'mal

At the Time of Death

Ihtidaar: At the Time of Death

Ihtidaar is the state of a person who is dying. The guide sets out how to position them, what to recite, what is disliked nearby, and what to do once death has occurred.

This guide is awaiting religious review. Its full text will appear here once a scholar has approved it.
  • Positioning the dying person
  • Reciting the Shahadatayn and beliefs
  • Moving the person to their place of prayer
  • Quran recited for the dying person
  • Things disliked near the dying person
  • Immediately after death