The dying person (ihtidar)

احتضار

Ihtidar is the presence of death; the dying person is one in the throes of death, whose signs include slackening of the feet, bending of the nose and sinking of the temples. ¹ Among the right instructions for the dying is to tell the family to follow the sunna in preparing and burying the body and to avoid innovations. ² The jurists differ on reciting the Qur'an beside the dying: al-Nawawi recommends it, while the Malikis dislike any recitation at death, after it, or at graves. ^{3 4}