Overview of Funeral Services
Support Through Your Time of Loss
At the Cutchi Muslim Association, we understand that losing a loved one is one of life's most challenging experiences. Our dedicated team is committed to providing a range of funeral services that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the families we serve. We take pride in ensuring that every aspect of the service is handled with the utmost respect and compassion, allowing families to focus on their grieving process while we take care of the details.
Our management committee and volunteers encompass all aspects of funeral arrangements, from coordinating with local authorities to planning funeral processes with respect and dignity. We provide guidance in selecting suitable burial and help in managing necessary paperwork, making the process as seamless as possible. Our goal is to alleviate the burden on families during this difficult time and to honour cultural and religious traditions that are important to our community.
In addition to practical arrangements, we also offer emotional and religious support for family members who may need someone to organise all the cultural rituals ranging from transport, ghusl to janaza. The Cutchi Muslim Association is a supportive community that stands by you in your time of grief, ensuring that you are not alone during this challenging chapter of your life.
Funeral Arrangements
Based on the wishes of our elderly community members, our management committee have negotiated funeral arrangements for the families of any deceased members in our community with Jamia Ghosia Mosque, 98 Chester Street, Blackburn BB1 1DW. This is only a temporary arrangement for our members until our funeral sub-committee comes up with potential plans that align with our members wishes.
In the event of a demise in the family, all our members can have full use of the mosque facilities including:
- Ghusl facilities
- Separate prayer hall for men and women
- Imam services can be provided by the mosque on request.
- These services come at no cost to the families but they are welcome to donate a minimum amount of £200 as a charitable donation to the mosque should they wish to do so.
- Any arrangements for food to be served in the mosque will need to be undertaken by the family themselves.
The management committee can also support our members with catering arrangements.
To use the facilities at Jamia Ghosia Mosque, 98 Chester Street, Blackburn, please contact Mohammed Shafi (Muna) Kana on Tel 07519 021355
Funeral Services
Kafan Arrangements
We are also funding the preparation of kafan (shroud covering the deceased) and ghusl mayyit accessories packs aligned to our Islamic values to be made available to our member families in the event of a demise in their family
Blackburn Cemetery Map
We will be producing a register/database of all our Cutchi marhoom (upon whom mercy has been bestowed) who have passed away in Blackburn with names and their burial site number on a map.
This will enable us to assist with future maintenance of the graves, inform our future generations where their elders are buried so they can pay their respects and recite prayers for the marhoom and ensure that they are not forgotten.
Grave Maintenance
Our management committee team are also volunteering to clean up the graves of any of our marhoom members who are buried in Blackburn Pleasington cemetery. This will be carried out on behalf of any elderly/disabled members, families living or working out of town, or who have no next of kin left in Blackburn and/or those who cannot physically do this for themselves. Please contact us with the details of the gravesite via email or WhatsApp and we will organise this on your behalf
Ghusl Training
We are in the process of organising workshops on how to carry out ghusl for our deceased. The workshops will take place in Masjid-e-Raza, Randal Street, Blackburn, by an experienced Imam. This training is aimed at both our male and female members and has been scheduled for September 2025. Any members interested in participating can contact us.
