Mayyit

al-Mayyit (Arabic: الميت) is the term to refer to the deceased in Islam.[1] There are prescribed burial rites to be given upon the death of a Muslim, including the salat al-mayyit, or "prayer of the dead".[2]

The term is also used in the Arabic name of the Dead Sea, al-Bahr al-Mayyit.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Khare, Ravindra S. (1999) (in en). Perspectives on Islamic Law, Justice, and Society. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9404-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=uIqK-qmgIbsC&q=al-Mayyit+meaning.
2. ↑ Shirbīnī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad (2016-07-12) (in en). هز القحوف في شرح قصيد ابي شادوف: Volume Two. NYU Press. p. 487. ISBN 978-1-4798-3890-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=LQbMCgAAQBAJ&q=salat+al-Mayyit+meaning.
3. ↑ Everett-Heath, John (2018-09-13) (in en). The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256243-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=iVRuDwAAQBAJ&q=Mayyit+arabic+dead+sea.

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