A Guide to Bahá’í Funeral and Burial Practices
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Contents
Responsibilities of Local Spiritual Assemblies | 1 |
Responsibilities of Individuals | 4 |
Laws Currently Binding in the West | 5 |
Correct Way to Read the Prayer for the Departed | 6 |
Laws Not Presently Binding in the West | 7 |
Other Considerations | 8 |
Related Topics | 8 |
The Funeral Service | 10 |
If the Family of a Bahá’í Declines a Bahá’í Funeral | 10 |
Selection of a Coffin | 11 |
Selection of a Cemetery | 11 |
Graveside Services | 12 |
Grave Markers | 12 |
Burial of Infants and Children | 14 |
Body Preparation | 14 |
Obtaining The Death Certificate | 18 |
Special Circumstances | 18 |
Organ Donation | 19 |
Loving Care for the Bereaved | 21 |
A Compassionate Service for the Terminally Ill | 23 |
Advance Directives | 24 |
Preparing for Life’s End Stage | 25 |
Suggested Checklist for Survivors | 28 |
From a Poem for Shoghi Effendi | 29 |
Actual Examples of Body Preparation | 30 |
Sources of Fabric and Funeral Kits | 37 |
Quotations on the Nature of the Soul | 38 |
Prayer for the Departed | 40 |
Additional Prayers | 41 |
Glossary | 43 |
Suggested References | 44 |
