Life after death occupies a central place in the Islamic Religion. Affirmation of the existence of Judgment and Resurrection Day is omnipresent in the Koran. It represents, as it were, the nodal point of the prophetic message. Everything leans toward this crucial moment of Judgement, which imparts meaning to all deeds and all thoughts that the follower may have during his lifetime. As for funeral rites, it is interesting to note a certain flexibility in their application. Only a few are mandatory; all the rest are merely suggested. Likewise, one can find a variety of practices from one end of the Muslim World to the another as well as a freedom in how writings are interpreted. Thus, the extent of normative obligation of a rite does not necessarily correspond with the degree of how people apply it.