Mayyit
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al-Mayyit is the term to refer to the deceased in Islam
. There are prescribed burial rites to be given upon the death of a Muslim
, including the salat al-mayyit, or "prayer of the dead".
The term is also used in the Arabic
name of the Dead Sea
, al-Bahr al-Mayyit.
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. There are prescribed burial rites to be given upon the death of a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
, including the salat al-mayyit, or "prayer of the dead".
The term is also used in the Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
name of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea , also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface. The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world...
, al-Bahr al-Mayyit.