5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

is not sufficient to cover the awrat parts only. If the cloth (used
as the shroud) is too small, the parts left open are covered with
leaves or oats.
First, the lifâfa is laid in the coffin. Then, izâr is laid on it. The
qamîs is put in the coffin, too. With women, a breast cloth is laid
before or after the izâr. Then the bakhûr is turned three or five
times round the coffin. The bakhûr is a fumigatory substance.
[For example, such odoriferous substances as aloewood,
incense, musk, sandalwood, benzoin are put in a fire in a
shovel and fumigated]. It is better to fumigate each piece of the
shroud separately before putting them in the coffin. Such
fumigation is done also while the soul (of the dying person) is
going out and before the washing of the corpse is started. It is
not done while carrying the corpse or during the interment.
A hadîth-i-sherîf written in Fatâwâ-i fiqhiyya states, “When
Adam ‘alaihissalâm’ died, angels brought hanût (a mixture
of camphor, sandalwood, etc.) and shrouds from Paradise.
They washed him with water and cedar leaves. During the
third (washing) they added camphor. They wrapped him in
three shrouds. They performed the salât (of janâza) for him.
They made a tomb and interred him. Then, turning to his
children, they said: O sons of Adam. Treat your dead like
this.”
Even if the shrouds are new they must be washed and
prepared beforehand. It is necessary to prepare the shrouds
beforehand. Hanût is sprinkled on all the three shrouds.
After the corpse is dried, the qamîs is taken out of the coffîn,
passed over the corpse’s head, and stretched down to the feet,
one half along the front and the other half along the back of the
corpse. While saying the Basmala, the corpse is made to lie on
the izâr in the coffin. First the left hand side and then the right
side of the izâr are spread over the corpse. The lifâfa is spread
likewise on the corpse. That is, its right side is put on its left
side. As a matter of fact, a person alive puts on his coat, shirt,
etc. likewise.
When a woman’s qamîs is closed, her hair is parted down
the middle and both halves are passed over the sides and put
on the qamîs over the breast. The khimâr is put over her hair
and then it is covered with the izâr. The breast cloth is wrapped
round the corpse before or after the izâr. Then it is covered with
the lifâfa. The head and foot ends and the middle [around the
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