Recommended Books

Asalamu Alikum Brothers and Sisters,

Inshallah, I would like to recommend a few books with authentic beneficial knowledge about funerals, sickness, death, and burial.

WE ARE NOT PROMOTING THE AUTHOR MUHAMMAD AL-JIBALY

• Sickness Regulations & Exhortations by Muhammad al-Jibaly. Al-Kitaab & as-Sunnah Publishing

• The Inevitable Journey Part 5: Life in al-Barzakh by Muhammad al-Jibaly. Al-Kitaab & as-Sunnah Publishing

• The Inevitable Journey 3: Funerals Regulations & Exhortations by Muhammad al-Jibaly.

• Provisions for the Hereafter Volumes 1,2,3, and 4 by Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah

Up Keep Payment Plan

Asalamu Alikum Brothers and Sisters,

Alhamdulilah, as you may or may not know, all burials for Muslims at this cemetery are free. So far the masajid in the area have come together and agreed to each contribute $100 a month for the cemetery maintenance. These masajid so far being:

• Masjid Al-Madina on Raeford Road, Fayetteville North Carolina
• Masjid Omar Ibn Sayeed on Murchison Road, Fayetteville North Carolina
• Masjid Ahlu-Sunna, on Preston Avenue, Fayetteville North Carolina
• Islamic Center of Fayetteville (ICF) 

The money is used for things like gas to fuel the backhoe and lawnmower, white rocks to cover the grave, and etc. In this post, I will outline the cost of everything needed to maintain uniformity of each grave and the manicured look of the grass. And of course the prices of items vary with inflation. 

• White Rocks (1 ton) 
• Heavy Duty Black Plastic to prevent weeds within the grave.
• Red Bricks to boarder the graves. We were using wood, but we found that to buckle overtime due to the weather. 
• Large headstone, approximately the size of two fist. To number the grave. 
• Foot Long Steel Rod. This rod bears the same number on the headstone for the purpose of proper identification. The rod is inserted into the surface of the ground at the head of the grave on the Qiblah wall.
• 4X8 Ply Wood. The wood is used inside the grave to create a niche. (Lahd)
• 2x4's. These are used alongside the 4x8 plywood to create the niche. (Lahd)
• Diesel Fuel (for the backhoe)
• Regular gasoline (for the lawnmower)

We have established a non-interest bearing account with BB&T, and anyone can donate to aid in this worthy cause.

Checks or money orders can be sent to: 
Muslim Cemetery 
20696 NC HWY 24/27 
Cameron, NC 28326 

Original Cemetery Pictures

Asalamu Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,

I thought it would be good to post the pictures of the cemetery from back in 2005. Inshallah, these images will show those of you who did not see the cemetery in its early days what it looked like. And remind those of us who did, where we started.

 

Reminders from the Quran and Sunnah

"Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and high!" And if some good reaches them, they say, "This is from Allâh," but if some evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you (O Muhammad SAW)." Say: "All things are from Allâh," so what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word? (An-Nisa 4:78)


Narrated Aisha:  Allah's Apostle was shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made of white Suhul and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.  (Sahih Bukari: Hadeeth 1201)


Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet passed by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be patient. She said to him, "Go away, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine." And she did not recognize him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet . so she went to the house of the Prophet and there she did not find any guard. Then she said to him, "I did not recognize you." He said, "Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."  (Sahih Bukari: Hadeeth 1201)


Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who attends the funeral till the prayer is offered for (the dead), for him is the reward of one qirat, and he who attends (and stays) till he is buried, for him is the reward of two qirats. It was said: What are the qirats? He said: They are equivalent to two huge mountains. Two other narrators added: Ibn 'Umar used to pray and then depart (without waiting for the burial of the dead). When the tradition of Abu Huraira reached him, he said:" We have lost many qirats." (Sahih Muslim: Hadeeth 2062)