Abstract
The King Fahad Mosque (KFM) in Culver City is one of the largest
mosques in southern California, with over a thousand people gathered together every Friday afternoon for the congregational prayer.1
Following the khutba, or sermon, and the salah, or daily prayer, come
the usual community announcements about upcoming events, and
then an unusual request for those remaining to perform the funeral
prayer, called the salah al- janaza, for a brother who passed away the
night before. The request is unusual in that this mosque, like the large
majority in North America, does not have a mortuary attached to it.
However, bodies are sometimes brought to the mosque if someone died
in the vicinity. In this case, the person was an elderly man who died as
he wanted to at home, surrounded by his family who prepared his body
in an appropriate Islamic fashion
mosques in southern California, with over a thousand people gathered together every Friday afternoon for the congregational prayer.1
Following the khutba, or sermon, and the salah, or daily prayer, come
the usual community announcements about upcoming events, and
then an unusual request for those remaining to perform the funeral
prayer, called the salah al- janaza, for a brother who passed away the
night before. The request is unusual in that this mosque, like the large
majority in North America, does not have a mortuary attached to it.
However, bodies are sometimes brought to the mosque if someone died
in the vicinity. In this case, the person was an elderly man who died as
he wanted to at home, surrounded by his family who prepared his body
in an appropriate Islamic fashion
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction |
| Publisher | NYU Press |
| Pages | 188-206 |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Disciplines
- Religion