ICL does not provide its own funeral services. We recommend contacting one of the two below-mentioned local mosques for funeral arrangements.
Deaths in East Bay
Funeral Arrangements by ISEB
The Islamic Society of East Bay (ISEB) in Fremont has contracted with a nearby funeral home to provide the following:
- Arrange for removal of the deceased;
- Transport the deceased to the Mosque;
- Obtain required legal documents to allow for the burial of the deceased;
- Transport the deceased to the final resting place;
- Provide death certificate;
- For unnatural death, work with the local coroner’s office, and;
- Embalm in unusual case.
For any questions or details about the funeral process and the body washing process (or to volunteer to help perform ghusl on bodies in the East Bay), please visit this page or contact these individuals at ISEB:
- Imam Siraj Desai at (510) 943 9600
- Brother Abdur Rehman at (510) 366 5205
- Sister Rehana Markar at (510) 683 9701
Here is the funeral paperwork.
Deaths in South Bay
Funeral Arrangements by MCA
The Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara provides complete Islamic funeral arrangements including:
- Obtaining a death certificate and burial permit
- Arrangements for storing a body
- Ghusl (washing) before burial & Janaza (funeral) prayer
- Acquiring a burial plot at various cemeteries & transportation to burial ground
Only one phone call required to start process.
Contact Adel Elkadi (408) 914-8048 Adel.elkadi@mcabayarea.org
- Estimated Costs · Plot $1,300 (paid to MCA).
- Ghusl, shrouding (kafan) and casket, and arranging for congregational funeral prayer $1,200 (paid to MCA).
- Burial permits/paper work & transportation $1,595 (paid to the funeral home).
- Grave opening and closure $1,500 (paid to the cemetery).
In the event of a Muslim’s death in the San Francisco Bay Area, please contact Imam Siraj Desai at (510) 943-9600. Imam Siraj is affiliated with the Islamic Society of East Bay (ISEB), which provides funeral services and arrangements in the East Bay.
ICL does not have its own mortuary services. We provide only advice to families needing direction for burial and financial assistance for the funeral and burial of indigent Muslims in the Bay Area.
When ICL covers the funeral/burial cost, we work closely with the (ISEB), which has a body storage facility and a team of male and female volunteers to perform the washing (ghusl) and we also arrange burial at the Five Pillars Farm Cemetery in Livermore, CA. The ISEB and Five Pillars Farms are separate entities from ICL.
INSTRUCTIONS: FOR FUNERAL AT ISEB & BURIAL AT FIVE PILLARS CEMETERY
The ISEB has contracted with Duggan’s Funeral Service to provide the following:
- Arrange for removal of the deceased
- Transport the deceased to the Mosque
- Obtain required legal documents to allow for the burial of the deceased
- Transport the deceased to the final resting place
- Provide death certificate
- For unnatural death, work with the local coroner’s office
- Embalm in an unusual case
For any questions or details about the funeral process and the body washing process (or to volunteer to help perform ghusl on bodies in the East Bay), please visit this page or contact these individuals at ISEB:
- Imam Siraj Desai at (510) 943 9600
- Brother Abdur Rehman at (510) 366 5205
- Sister Rehana Markar at (510) 683 9701
Here are other individuals:
- Zaki Khan (Five Pillars Farm) at (510) 517-8397 (COVID-19 updated guidelines)
- Abdel Elkadi (Muslim Community Association (MCA) at (408) 794-9440
The cost for an adult burial in the Bay Area is about $7,500:
- Hearse transport within the Bay Area (based on mileage to retrieve the body) to bring body to ISEB and later to Five Pillars Cemetery, a burial permit and a death certificate: $1,800 – $2,500 (Khan Funeral Home)
- Body storage in a cold room, washing and shrouding the body, and performing the Islamic last rites (Salat al-Janazah): $500.00 (Islamic Society of East Bay)
- Adult plot purchase and opening/closing grave plot: $4,900 (Five Pillars Cemetery)