In this article, the author examines seven banned Muslim rituals concerning death : tearing (the neckline of) his clothes, beating of one’s self, shaving their heads, placing dust on their heads, lamenting, delaying the funeral and standing when a funeral procession passes. Through a comparative analysis, the author then sets out some significant similarities and dissimilarities between the rules from the hadiths of Sunni Islam and those of rabbinic Judaism.