Remember Death: An Examination of Death, Mourning, and Death Anxiety Within Islam

Abstract Scholarship and research in the field of thanatology require creative responses to address contemporary concerns regarding how people – individually collectively make sense events experiences associated with death dying. This present study focuses on broader Islamic traditions experience afterlife provides a conceptual overview practices mourning memoria. offers an exploration considerations for well-being deceased, interactions between living dead, as well dreams act conduits seen unseen worlds. Additionally, this draws from narratives contained within fortieth final book eleventh-century Persian Muslim philosopher jurist, Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī’s epic, titled The Remembrance Death Afterlife , juxtaposition conceptions pertaining anxiety not currently articulated wider scholarship. Through contribution citations work will demonstrate reflections recognising inevitability importance relinquishing earthly attachments posit response research. Bearing mind commonly studied tenets corpus impressive Revival Religious Sciences it is literature presented here which warrants full consideration discussion that may consequently be pastoral significance provide techniques lessening anxiety.