Funerals in the ancient city of RashidOne of the customs that was used in the past in the funeral procession in Rashid is that a group of elderly people, the bosses of crutches, and members of the Sufi orders present the funeral and perform some tashahs and religious prayers (therefore it was said in the past that his funeral will be celebrated tomorrow) and that the deceased was a member of the Sufi orders to go out in front of the funeral with signs and flags Green and this custom has disappeared now ... and the box in which the deceased is placed is called the people of Rasheed (coffin) or (scene) and was made of wood. As it appears in the picture, even if the deceased was a woman, a (shawl) was placed on him by the imam. This custom has now disappeared and the box became of a light material (aluminum) after it was made of wood to relieve the bearers of hardship and fatigue .. and he used to pray on the deceased in the Jameh Mosque (Al-Mahalli Mosque) If the deceased lived near the cemetery, because it is in the middle of the city and it is easy to reach the mosque from all roads, so that the largest number of worshipers would pray for the deceased, and when the funeral goes on the street, the shop owners run the Holy Qur’an in appreciation For the funeral, and if the deceased was a young man or a martyr, all Rasheed would go out behind him in a terrible scene, and shops might close on both sides of the road .. And if the wedding of a groom passes in a street where a deceased is passing, the wedding march silently goes past this street in sympathy for the deceased’s family and the shops (radio) only open On the Holy Quran Radio, and if a neighbor dies in the street, then the people of the street postpone their joys until forty, just as the mourning for the deceased was held at night. In the villages located in the reign of Rashid, the people of the village make food for the mourners and the mourners, in participation with the family of the deceased in their affliction and relieving them on this day, and this custom is still followed in most villages in Egypt until now .. This is a simple overview of the funeral in Rashid in the past, may God have mercy on our dead and the dead Muslims Us and themMemory of the City of Rashid - Ali Muhammad Hamid, quoted from him

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