 Michael Jackson’s funeral will be held next Tuesday at the Los Angeles Staples Center is to be the biggest funeral in history, and the pop icon family will reportedly have a traditional Muslim burial for him, media reports said Thursday.
"The family is considering following the Muslim burial traditions because they believe Michael would have wanted to be laid to rest in keeping with his new-found religious beliefs "
A source said to be “close” to the Jackson family told an entertainment gossip website that the family is considering a traditional Muslim burial for the King of Pop, who reportedly converted to Islam in 2008 following his travels to the Gulf.
"The family is considering following the Muslim burial traditions because they believe Michael would have wanted to be laid to rest in keeping with his new-found religious beliefs," the source told X17 Online "Michael's brother Jermaine is educating the family as to the special rites because he feels it's important to bury his brother according to the Muslim way."
The anonymous report came as news that there would be a public funeral service on July 7 at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center in downtown L.A., a source with the concert organizer AEG Live told the Hollywood Reporter.
AEG was behind Jackson’s 50 concert comeback tour “This Is It” that was to have taken place in London this summer.
The King of Pop, who died last week of uncertain causes, spent his last night at the venue rehearsing for his upcoming tour.
AEG, which owns the 20,000-seat Staples Center and the Nokia theater next door, will reportedly put giant screens outside the venues for the thousands of additional fans expected to attend the public service. Neither AEG nor the Staples Center could be reached by Al Arabiya for comment.
There has been no official confirmation as the where Jackson, who was rumored to have changed his name after converting to "Mikaeel" in a reference to the name of one of Allah's angels, will be laid to rest.
According to sharia or Islamic law, a Muslim’s body should be cleaned and wrapped in a white sheet before being buried on his right side with his face facing the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.Those present say a special prayer called “Salat al-Mayyit” -- prayer for the dead – and family members and friends traditionally observe a mourning period.
Readers have left 14 comments.
Akbar:
Sincerely hope this is true. They shouldn't delay the burial.
Mick:
oh the torments of the grave!!! if you believe all that crap
Mick:
the mozzzzzzlims killed him.
Waheed Azeez:
I wonder why the media played Jackson's new religious identity while reporting his death.
Billie Jean:
Did he live like a Muslim?
And why are you so keen to claim a man who is widely suspected (despite its never having been proven in a court of law) to have been a paedophile, as one of your own?
But hey, keep practising the moonwalk in front of the mirror in your bedrooms...then come downstairs and show your parents and aunties that you can do it.
MPACUK - defending the ummah! What a joke!
Cynic:
You ask: "Will Mikaeel Jackson Be Buried Like A Muslim?"
You mean without his brain?
Mazin:
Whatever the man wished should be done, it is not for me to decide whether or not he was a muslim.
If he wanted to be buried as a muslim, then I believe it is too late. The muslim requirement is for the body to be buried as soon as possible. Now, with an unnatural death, there is time given over to conduct an autopsy or carry out an investigation (whether you're famous or not). However, as soon as that is finished, he should've been buried. The fact that his family, including Jermaine, are delaying his burial (for financial gain in my opinion), is proof that they are NOT doing "what he would have wanted".
Imran Zain:
"Oh you who believe, fear your Lord as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims".
Quran 3:102
Mitsubishi:
Did he live like a Muslim?
And why are you so keen to claim a man who is widely suspected (despite its never having been proven in a court of law) to have been a paedophile, as one of your own?
But hey, keep practising the moonwalk in front of the mirror in your bedrooms...then come downstairs and show your parents and aunties that you can do it.
MPACUK - defending the ummah! What a joke! — Billie Jean"As one of your own" you making it sound like being black is exclusive to you, don't you remember his song "it don't matter if your BLACK or WHITE" the man said it himself so how the hell can you claim him? HE was universal you understand my friend so "beat it" you catch drift!
Abdul:
I am fed up of hearing this claim. This is all speculation and no real hard evidence. Can we all stick to the facts please.
asif badat:
borther look he (mj) is not muslim , how many muslim borther and sister work 4 mpacuk and how many borther and sister follow the islmic way ? my answer is non , why are u ask 4 avrey one mj is muslim , borther music is haram 4 muslim , if u like or not is haram , you put one sogs dvd in zamzam water 4 10000000 yers and take out and lesan steel haram 4 you , mj is not muslim hes in goning fire of halth
LOL:
asif badat - living proof of the renaissance in Islamic learning. Not.
Does anybody understand what his post meant?
deen:
So much hate, There is another way, Seek it and you will find it. ISLAM................
Abu-bakr:
Mr Asif Badat was merely trying to explain music is Haram whether we like it or not.
Mr Badat however went too far in condemning a man to the fire of hell. We are warned by our prophet not to do this, only Allah has the authority to condemn, the final decision rests with him. We are in no position to judge, indeed Michael Jacksons own family did was distant from him and therefore did not know his condition - indeed no one but Allah truly knows a persons spiritual condition.
May we all be blessed with Imaan at our final breath. Ameen.
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