There is no such thing as Islamic burial. what is deemed as Islamic burial are practises found with the Arab and Ancient near east culture. What today is called “Islamic burial” — washing the body, wrapping it in a shroud, placing it on its right side, facing a particular direction, and burying quickly in the earth — are all cultural practices of the Arabs and the wider Ancient Near East that predate Islam and were absorbed and regulated by it.. ✅ Burial in shrouds: Wrapping the dead in cloth wa