Women are not allowed to join this service. May Allah bless him. Mercy be upon his soul, etc. Funeral services are not held for parricides or the stillborn. The coffin is carried to the cemetery by a hearse followed by a long convoy.
Graves are rectangular in shape and designed to accommodate only one person.
The deceased is buried in only the shroud not the coffin. The body is laid on its right shoulder facing the direction of Mecca. The tombstone is on the head's side. The Imam's prayers signify the end of the burial. Sometimes big funerary meals or halvah are offered to the poor and surrounding people.