# # #_ #_ . Jean Bouchebel. Dying is widely connected with religious and philosophical beliefs, and with elaborate rituals. Then what have you done in preparation for it? asked the Prophet. Coffee is offered, and its a must to partake. [28] This is elaborated in Frazers classic work, The Golden Bough. Cake Cutting with a Sword. Why do the neighbors turn off their radios as a token of sympathy? VIRTUAL BEREAVEMENT: HOW THE LEBANESE USE FACEBOOK TO EXPRESS GRIEF A Thesis presented to the Faculty of Humanties at Notre Dame University-Louaize In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master in Media Studies - Advertising by CYNTHIA GEORGES AZZI JULY 2019 Next, there is a funeral Mass, and finally, there is the graveside committal. Some people in rural areas get black mascara and put it on their faces, forehead, and hands so that everyone will immediately see that they are in mourning. And controversy arose over bin Laden's burial at sea. When the family visits the house, they prepare rahmah. They said: What is this? A Lebanese Shi'ite man strikes his back with knives to show his grief during Ashura rituals in the southern market town of Nabatieh, Oct. 12, 2016. But such a procession lets everyone know that a funeral is taking place. In his hand was a rod with which he kept digging in the ground. Westernization, education and independence is decreasing the Lebanese culture and customs. The corpse must be carefully brought from the place it was bathed and laid on the shrouds. This has nothing to do with painful emotions, the attribution of which to Allahexalted be Hewould not be fitting. If I play a radio, the relatives of the deceased will hear the music and send a man to my house and tell me to turn off my radio. The family was standing in line, friends were also standing in line, so I stood in line. Christians do the same. It's also important to prepare the body for the funeral as quickly as possible. If they are very close to the deceased, they can go to the tomb and attend the burial rituals. The house even has a kitchen, living rooms, and bedrooms. Hes the provider of the family. Spread for him a bed (firash) from the Garden. Before the burial, the deceased person's body is washed. This tent stays up for three days and then is dismantled. Some women who are particular in these matters are afraid even to venture near the place where the body has been washed. We have now covered Islamic concepts of death and dying; let us briefly present other rites of minority groups in the Middle East. Four or five days before a sick mans dissolution, he makes his will in favor of his son or any other person in the presence of two or more witnesses and either delivers this will to others or retains it. They sleep there three or four nights with the buried people underneath. Like King Tut, whose funerary remains are moving around the United States these days, the body was mummified because the Egyptians wanted the body to still be alive in the tomb. The Coptic or Christian cemetery is really amazing. Aboriginal mortuary rites in Australia. By Allah, O Muhammed, if any of the family starts screaming when I am taking a mans spirit, I say, What is this screaming? Women go into the house. As many as five hundred to six hundred chairs have been set out to handle the crowds. It is believed that one must be clean before entering the Kingdom of Heaven. Nowadays in the Middle East the family of the deceased goes to the grave carrying a palm tree leaf to put on the grave instead of flowers. Afterwards the Prophet repeated this verse: Unite no partner with God, for whoever uniteth gods with God is like that which falleth from on high, and the birds snatch it away, or the wind wafteth it to a distant place. The Prophet continued: But when an unbeliever is drawing near to the next world and being cut off from this world, there descends to him from heaven angels whose faces are black, bringing with them hair-cloth, and take their seats just within his vision. Death rituals are well documented throughout history -- and around the world. The family serves the sweet dish to visitors who come to the household to . Arthur Jeffery, an authority on Islam, gives a number of accounts regarding death and the hereafter. Note, these traditions may vary depending on the individual and their own beliefs. 7981. [12] A white sheet of cloth to cover the lower parts of the body. The Muslims go to the tomb every Thursday. The Prophet spoke clearly about the distress and bitterness of dying as a word of wholesome advice to his community. Caretaker finance minister Youssef Khalil requested to change the rate at which customs fees are calculated from 15,000 pounds per U.S. dollar to 45,000 pounds, according to . The right hand is then placed on top of the left. When I asked my friend about this attitude, I was told that death is a transitiona bridge to a happy and everlasting life in heaven. But, continued the Prophet, when an infidel dies and is about to pass from the world and bring his soul to futurity, black-faced angels [3] come down to him and with them sackcloths. He does everything for the family. Here, it is important for . A video posted on the Internet shows the stoning of a woman accused of adultery in the Hama area in Syria. Some Muslim families accept flowers for . There must be no waiting. The family can chose to have the usual Daily Mass () beforehand but this is getting out of custom these days. Much of the Egyptian religious beliefs would show up in either culture in modified form but with a common theme as their basis. The Dinki-Mini Jamaican dance has an African origin and the name originates from the Congolese word "nidingi" that means funeral song. You there! Hes the man of the family. Syrian culture is greatly influenced by its high population of Sunni Muslims. Thus Allah has said: Flight will not benefit you at all if you are fleeing from death or being killed. So it is incumbent on each Muslim to make preparation for death before it comes. As the pharaohs disappeared in Egyptian history, they were replaced by descendants of other ancient Egyptians called the Copts. The Christian's body is considered sacred because it was the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Further at Sais, the suffering of Osiris was enacted yearly and images of Osiris were filled with grain and placed with the dead person as symbols of fertility and eternal life. The katb Al-kitaab is the marriage ceremony. You might say their faces are the sun, and they have a shroud of the shrouds of paradise, and perfumes therefrom. #4558 | 04:58. Death. Islam is the most popular religion in Somalia with 99.8% of the population practicing it. First, a smoking ceremony is held in the loved one's living area to drive away their spirit. Christians. In addition, as with the birth of a child, death and burial are still ways of bringing family and friends together. Black - sombre mourning. If you are not a good man on earth, you will go to hell. Here we can see cultural interplay. A Jewish friend recited the Mourners' Kaddish. [2] Muslims wear ihram or simple white robes when participating in the pilgrimage to Mecca. Some brides in Baalbek stick a piece of dough on the doors of their new houses. [10] This has reference to washing the body of the deceased. But most women stay home and wait for the funeral party to return. Some of the influencers of Lebanese culture are Phoenicians, Assyrians, Romans, Ottoman Turks, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, and . But when an iniquitous manor some related that he said, an unbelievercomes to die, a messenger of ill tidings (nadhir) will appear, bringing him news of the evil that awaits him, so he will be disinclined to meet with Allah, and Allah disinclined to meet with him. What to expect; First visit; FAQ; Our Practice; Why? Female relatives of the deceased return home where other women come to deliver their condolences. There is no running away from it. The five pillars of Islam listed include: This tradition symbolizes good luck and protection for the couple's future together. As for the unbeliever, when he draws near his end, angels come to him with a cloth of hair in which are coals of fire. The aforementioned details show clearly that in Islam afterlife for good men is something to look forward to. 7,000-25,000. Yet these dances are not well understood today. But the mourning period continues for forty days. Women wear black dresses; everything is black. One such ritual is henna night, where the bride's hands are decorated with intricate henna designs. [6], The moment the spirit has fled, the mouth is closed, because it would present a disagreeable spectacle. On certain feast occasions, the family of the deceased get the key from the oldest or the most respected man in the family, go to that house, open the door, and rest there for several days or a week. Some people even paint their windows black to show their distress and to express sorrow for the departure of a beloved relative or friend. Provide clean stone for symbolic ritual washing. Then the angels carry it upwards and do not pass by any assembly of angels who do not ask whose filthy soul is this. Islamic mourning rituals, which vary slightly by sect and location, provide comfort and strength for the family. Why do we cry and scream for at least a year? Born in 1942 in the mountain town of Bikfaiya, Bouchebel shared a home with his five siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Then angels follow it through each heaven, the angel of one heaven to those of the next, and so on till it reaches the seventh heaven, when God says, Write the name of my servant in cIlliyun, and return him towards the earth, that is, to his body which is buried in the earth, because I have created man from earth and return him to it, and will bring him out from it again as I brought him out at first., Then the souls are returned into their bodies, when two angels [Munkar and Nakir] come to the dead man and cause him to sit up, and say to him, Who is the Lord?, Then they say, What is this man who is sent to you? (i.e., the Prophet), Then they say, What is your proof of his mission?, He says, I read the book of God and believed in it, and I proved it to be true., Then a voice calls out from the celestial regions, My servant hath spoken true, therefore throw for him a bed from Paradise, and dress him in clothes from Paradise, [2] and open a door for him towards Paradise., Then peace and perfumes come for him from Paradise, and his grave is enlarged for him as far as the eye can see. Symbolism. The wake is a death ritual commonly practiced in many cultures. 1986 Florian Noetzel GmbH Verlag Many problems in understanding the dances stem from the way that the evidence is preserved. It is recorded that Abu Hamid al-Laffaf said: It is recorded in Muslim sources that Jesus used to raise the dead by Allahs permission. Heaven and hell are there for good and bad people. #1 The Value of the Cup. 6. Such a belief caused me to ponder and to ask myself why we receive death completely differently in the Middle East than in the West? Preparation of the Body. There is a most serious religious rule amongst Muslims that if there is a desire for the dying person to repeat the Kalimah, and the sick man expires without being able to do so, his faith is considered dubious, and the man who directed him to repeat the Kalimah incurs guilt. After the body is washed, it is wrapped in a white sheet. Then a man with a beautiful face comes to him, elegantly dressed and perfumed, and he says, Be joyful in that which hath made thee so; this is the day which was promised thee., Then the dead person says to him, Who art thou, for thy face is perfectly beautiful., And the man replies, I am thy good deeds., Then the dead person cries out, O Lord, hasten the resurrection for my sake!. They said, Let us set ourselves to prayer, and then make supplication to our Lord, and maybe he will allow one of the dead to come forth to inform us about dying., So they set themselves to prayer and made supplication to their Lord, and while they were engaged in so doing a dark mulatto raised his head out of one of the graves, saying, Ho! The aim of this paper is to explore the representations of death in Beirut Hellfire Society, a novel written by the Lebanese author, Rawi Hage, and published in 2018. . The Christians of the Middle East are a minority group. Then the different shrouds are put on properly, one after another as they lay. 801-422-6975. After the body is bathed and wiped dry with a new piece of cloth, it is placed in the shrouds. We have not come before his time. What about Pre-Islamic Egyptian beliefs and practices concerning death? Most people lie insensible and cannot even speak, but the pious retain their mental faculties and converse till the very end. Food, Meals and Sympathy Baskets. Then they dig a simple hole large enough to accommodate the person. Each issue focuses on a specific topic. Death and dying are universal realities for all creations in every country and cultural area. The truth-speaking believer has made preparation for death, so he wishes for it, yearning for his Lord. Upon completion of all formalities, the "Report of the Death of . The Lebanese socialise around meals for long periods of time. This article investigates the relationship be-tween grief and music in the context of the Lebanese village funeral, taking into In certain cultures the family takes care of the washing but in the Middle East, the family cannot even touch the body. Legend has it that the gods Herus and Anubis cared for the dead body of Osiris, an Egyptian deity; and likewise a dead person would live on only if friends and relatives did for him just what Herus and Anubis did for the body of Osiris. The people march until they reach the burial place on the outskirts of the city. Whether it is Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan or Pakistani, a Muslim wedding in South Asia is sure to be a beautiful and celebratory affair. domesticated beasts] know what you know about dying you would never eat fat meat. [20]. Most examples presented are derived from the Holy Quran, the Hadith, and other Islamic texts. O Lord, let not the hour arrive. . Lebanese Traditions. This became an elaborate ritual when Queen . In it he likewise appoints his executor. When I entered and approached the family, I was utterly shocked. For example, if we take Europe as a whole, its people meet death and behave differently from the people of the Middle East. Another feature of Middle Eastern funerals is that they do not end when the person is buried. It is no longer considered shameful not to hold a formal funeral and serve food after the burial due to the financial situation and COVID-19 restrictions. When we go as Americans or Europeans, we focus our attention on movements, tourist attractions, etc., but we seldom care to see or investigate how the Middle Eastern people respond to death and dying. The closer you are to a person, the more acceptable it is to decline their offers of tea, coffee, food, etc. [23] Plural of waliyy, which means a friend, a beloved, a tutor, a patron, a guardian, and in some contexts, a saint. Death may be a taboo topic for many but for the people at Pengurusan Jenazah Sinaran Baharu, death is a part of their profession as they facilitate Islamic f. Food is crucial. While there are a number of variations, the Orthodox funeral generally consists of three Services. They rotate their positions from the home to the burial place. The World of Music But before the burial the body must be washed. The memorial service her friends created a few days after his death, she says, contained a blend of traditions and practices individual to Jon. If hes a peasant, he is buried in his new galabiyya or robe, [30] that he usually wears on special occasions. This was considered a "bad death.". [20] I.e., they would be so terrified that they would always be thin and lean. It is related that there is no soul, innocent or wicked, to which death is not a good thing. This custom is deeply embedded among the Christians, whether educated or rural people. Then the soul is disturbed in the infidels body. If you are well pleased with what Allah has done you will receive your reward, but if you are displeased or sore afflicted [by it], you are committing sin and being rebellious. This struck me as the opposite of Muslim and Christian culture of Egypt or the Middle East. In ancient Egyptian religion when a pharaoh came to the throne, the first thing he planned was his tomb. They do not require the patient to read it himself, since at that time he is in a state of distress and not in a fit state of mind to repeat the Kalimah. But that was not the case. -embraces a wide variety of approaches to the analytical study of the musics of the world, including indigenous methodologies, post-colonial, critical and queer perspectives and different indigenous methodologies. Wedding Ceremony Traditions 3. This is said to predict the success of the marriage. Flowers in the Middle East are still considered a sign of joy, but a palm leaf is not so joyful. Oct 21, 2014. Symbolically, a person is buried wearing his suit and tie (if he worked in one of the professions), with a new haircut, everything prepared as if he is alive. Make supplication to Allah for me that he let me be again as I was (among the living)., As for dying, he said, For a true believer the distress and anxiety of dying are equivalent to that from three hundred strokes.. Funeral DancesLong Tradition.The tradition of a funeral dance in Egypt probably began in the Nagada II Period, as early as 3500 b.c.e. The damini is kept separate and tied on afterwards. Other basic sources are Hughes Dictionary of Islam, the Encyclopedia of Islam, and my own personal experiences and observations. Again, such a belief resembles the Muslim beliefs, i.e., white is the symbol of purity and blackness is the symbol of sin. [21] Sakrat al-mawt is another of the many expressions for the agony of death, or the last moments before death. [16] Hughes Dictionary of Islam, pp. "After the war, and after the emigration, people are no more attached to . [32] The women lock the room where the body is kept, stay in the living room, and begin to wail so that everybody in the neighborhood will know that somebody in this house died and a funeral is pending. What have you done about giving Him His due?, What Allah has willed, answered the Prophet, And do you know death?. Religion. Stick dough on the door, Lebanon. So a volunteer or the undertaker washes the body before dressing him in a beautiful way. The sheets are brought over the body one at a time. The washers never throw water into the nostrils or mouth but clean them with wicks of cloth or cotton. Islamic funeral customs require that: The body be buried as soon as possible after death. These women are very fiery and emotional. However, the writer is planning to conduct such research in the near future. Here's a glimpse of what used to be, or maybe is still practiced, in some parts of Lebanon: 1. Osiris reigned in the world of the dead over the ka or soul of the dead. They answer such an one, the son of such an one, and they mention him by the worst names that he bore in the world, till they arrive with it at the lowest heaven, and call the door to be opened, but it cannot be done., Then the Prophet repeated this verse: The doors of the celestial regions shall not be opened for them, nor shall they enter into Paradise till a camel passes through the eye of a needle. Funerals tend to be elaborate. So they sit apart from the deceased, as far as the eyes can see, after which the Angel of Death [Malakul-Mawt] comes to the deceased and sits at his head and says, O pure soul, come forth to Gods pardon and pleasure.. As in Jewish customs of burial, the deceased must be buried immediately. 5. Each part has its traditions and customs, and people may attend one or all . I located the mortuary and went there. You have no cause for discontent with us, and we are going to return for you, so let him who will beware, beware, for there are no dwellers whether in hair tents or in villages, whether on land or on sea, but we examine their faces five times daily and at night, so that I know them both small and great, know them individually. Another thing that can vary across cultures is the beliefs about embalming. This is your day that you were promised., To which the answer will come, I am your pious works. Then [the deceased] will say: O Lord, bring on the hour that I may be again with my family and my servants.. It depicts both spiritual and material life. People are never buried underground. Everybody knows this is the casket of so-and-so and so-and-so. Likewise, a healthy person can carry effectively through matters which concern his property or his person; therefore, a healthy person ought to seize the opportunity his health gives him to be diligent in using his property and his body for doing deeds of obedience. In that period, many young men died before marrying and having the chance to procreate. A withdrawing from the abode of the illusory, a coming back to the abode of the eternal, and a making preparation for death before it comes upon one.. Finally the family places a flower-sheet or wreath of flowers on the corpse. The sheer diversity of culture has made for an interesting group of people living together in one place. Then the Angel of Death arrives, takes a seat at his head and says, O thou pernicious soul, come forth to Allahs discontent and wrath. Thereupon his soul is scattered through all his members and [the angel] drags it forth like the dragging of an iron spit through moist wool, tearing the veins and the sinews. After the wedding, the bride would carry a piece of dough and stick it on the door of the house. Some of the unbelievers said to him: You have been raising to life those who had but recently died and who maybe were not quite dead. Professional female mourners are called in and the men receive their friends once more. In Islam, the deceased are to be buried within 24 hours. After cleansing, the body is dressed (usually in the person's best clothing). However, that can sometimes be overwhelming and having a baby is definitely one of those times. Then Ayishah said: Truly we all dislike death and consider it a great affliction. The Prophet replied: Thou dost not understand me. As religion theorist J.Z . Therefore, hes the camel of the family, symbolic of the endurance of the camel, capable of crossing many miles in desert without even a sip of water. The Kalimatu sh-shahada (the [creed]) is also read with an audible voice by those present. This was highlighted in media reports of the death of Osama bin Laden. Lebanese culture is one of the most diverse cultures in the Arab region. When the family is endowed with a brilliant or famous man, there are sometimes special inscriptions. According to the oldest Egyptian beliefs, the gods also were subject to age and could die. Regardless of religion, Lebanese parents celebrate the birth of a child by cooking meghli (a spiced rice pudding, topped with nuts and coconut). A target for attacks It is therefore best that those sitting with the dying person read it, in hopes that the sick man, hearing the sound of it, may bring it to his recollection and repeat it either aloud or in his own mind. However, it is preferable that this dowry be remitted while the person is still alive. After the funeral and burial are complete, families . "South Asian weddings are always known and loved for their multiple-day events," says Campbell. If not, the marriage will is going up a slippery slope, so to speak. There is another view which says that the meaning of the Tradition is not that ones loving desire to meet with Allah is the cause of Allahs loving desire to meet with him, nor that ones disinclination is the cause of His disinclination. If you ever go to the Middle East and see a man wearing a black tie, that means he is in mourning. Jeffery also reports that the Prophet once said that He who is disinclined to meet with Allah is one whom Allah is disinclined to meet. In other words, when an unbeliever thinks of the punishment that has been prepared for him, he weeps for his doom and is disinclined to die, so Allah is disinclined to meet with him. If the mother of the deceased is present, she says, The milk with which I suckled thee I freely bestow on thee; but this is primarily a custom in India. There is another interesting sign of death and dying in the Middle East. When a true believer is placed in his grave, the grave is expanded for him seventy cubits, strewn with sweet basil, and hung with silk. The position of their hands is a testament to their commitment to a life and future together. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, Lebanon's largest Shia party, has denounced the ritual of self-harm and urged people to donate their blood instead. She would also say, " Hek khabaretne sette " (that's . [9]. Muslims believe in an afterlife and that once an individual's soul is freed from the physical body, they await a reckoning where they can account for their actions in this life. They have television in Egypt now, and I dont know how the young people manage to miss The Six-Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. Evidence of funeral dances continued into the Thirtieth Dynasty more than 3,000 years later. The rituals differed but the king was taken through corridors, surrounded by high priests and a variety of elaborate things, and given the best burial a man could see. July 9-11, 1860. Mummies in dark, labyrinthine tombs, strange rituals performed by dour priests, and the . [6] A water well which is considered holy water by all Muslims who perform the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Whenever a believer comes to die a messenger of good tidings (bashir) [18] will appear, bringing to him from Allahexalted be Henews of the good to which he is going, so there will be nothing for which he has greater loving desire than for the meeting with Allahexalted be Heand Allah will have a loving desire to meet with him. During these funeral rites men wear black ties. Dirt is thrown over him and burial is complete. 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