nilikuwa nikitaka kusema lakini @alph angezusha

sio mimi nimesema!

everyone is closing their gate and door and looking at the spectacle from their windows.... fear is the worst thing about Ebola... worst thing! Imagine Zambia has banned/denied Nigerians entry into it's territory... 170million nigerians because of 10+ cases who are already in quarantine... MADNESS!! MADNESS!!

@masukuma siwezizusha ndugu, this's the reality. Muslim body must be washed before burial. And always body is washed while covered, nobody looks at naked body of anybody (I feel so sad for those bodies, being stacked naked, by those undertakers. Especially ladies bodies and those male undertakers ). And always there are special equipment used to wash the dead body, which includes gloves, special bed, sheet, water, soap, perfume, etc.

IT IS PART OF PROCEDURE TO USE GLOVES. EVEN IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE USE THESE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.

So also during this time of dangerous infection, extra care is applied, by using special aprons like the below. Nothing different from what non-Muslims do while putting their dead in the coffins, they have to be handled with correct gear, isn't? So all this knowledge and precaution is also available in Muslim communities, we've doctors too, we have medical experts too, we've teachers too, we've scholars too etc

I felt that I should give more details about this issue, to shade more light on the care taken handling dead bodies as far as Islamic body cleaning is concerned.

I know that many people don't know that this important process of washing Muslim dead body before burial is a fully developed process. Many don't know that in many occasions this process has to be done by someone who has learned the process, what we called mortician. And many don't know that there are several tools and accessories that are required. Of course not all of them can be available in every community. But there is specified 'Mortician kit' that is clearly stipulated in Islamic burial process.

Below are the accessories:
1. A special bed.
2. A bar of soap.
3. A clinical mask.
4. A pair of rubber hand gloves.
5. A set of cloth gloves for washing the body.
6. A plastic apron.
7. An eye protector or goggles.
8. An a surgical head cap.
9. A safety rubber boot.
10. A standard size scissor for cutting the shroud.
11. A five foot measuring tape.
12. A roll of wound bandage.
13. Adhesive wound plaster.
14. A set of clinical safety pin for holdig the shroud.
15. A roll of sewing tread and needle.
16. A comb.
17. A set of non alcoholic perfume.
18. A pack of cotton buds.
19. A tweezer.
20. Prescribe length of white cloth for shrouding.
21. Cotton rolls for cleaning delicate parts like around the eyes, nose, mouth.
22. A folded knife.
23. Camphor or kapur barus (cinnamomum camphora) for body wash.
24. Cendana or sandal wood (santalum album) powder for shrouding.
25. Plastic sheet 4' x 6' for laying down on the bed (Optional).

NOTE: See source here