NB: ** There should be a relative of the dead person living in Muscat &.The person should have recently(<1 mth) passed away..** After submitting the form, the name & details will appear in a week.

Procedures To Be Followed in case of any Momin's Death
Listed below are the procedures to be complied with, in the eventuality of a death of a momin:

 

Hospital / Medical Centre:

* Doctor will certify the patient as dead
* A death declaration is issued which mentions the cause of death.
* Passport photocopy of the deceased is required to be submitted.
* Hospital prepares the body to be taken to the mortuary.
* The police PRO at the hospital registers the death and forwards the required documents to the area police station.(list?)
* Hospital awaits for NOC from the ROP to release the body / prepare for embalming for dispatch to the native country, as the case maybe.

ROP requirements

ROP requires following documents after issue of original death declaration from Hospital ,before Issue of NOC :-

1. NOC from the embassy of the deceased national.( attested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs located in the Embassy area)
2. Waiver of post-mortem from the ROP hospital

1.Obtaining NOC from the concerned country Embassy:
(the procedures enlisted herein are of the Indian embassy. They would be standard for embassies for other countries too, however, it is advisable to double-check the requirements before hand.)

Docs reqd:-

* Letter from the sponsor of the deceased requesting the embassy to issue a NOC towards handing over custody to the next of kin for performing the final rites locally or for transporting the corpse to the native country. The letter should also request for the waiver of the post-mortem.(format a)
* Letter from the next of kin who would be taking custody of the dead body, requesting the embassy to allow him to carry out the final rites / ship the body to the native country and for the bypass of the post-mortem.(format b)
* Original passport of the deceased (for cancellation)
* Copy of the passport of the next of kin
* Copy of the labour card of the next of kin
* Fee as applicable

Once these documents are submitted the embassy issues a general NOC "to whomsoever it may concern" and cancels the passport of the deceased..This has then to be attested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs located in the Embassy area.

2.Waiver of post-mortem from the ROP hospital:

* It is done at the ROP hospital at Qurum
* Submit the original death declaration and copy of the NOC from the embassy to the Doctor at the mortuary section of the hospital.
* The doctor makes his investigations on the cause of the death and asks a few questions to the next of kin. Based on this information, he marks in arabic "post-mortem to be waived" on the face of the declaration of death.
* The hospital retains a copy and hands over the original.

NOC from the area police station:

* Letter from the sponsor of the deceased stating their no objection to the next of kin taking custody of the dead body and carrying out its final rites locally or in the native country. This letter must be in arabic.
* Copy of death declaration certificate duly endorsed by ROP hospital for post-mortem waiver.
* Copy of NOC from the embassy.
* Copy of labour card of the next of kin.
* Upon submission of the above the ROP will prepare their final report and forward the file (blue color) to the CID section at Ruwi police station.
* The ROP at Ruwi will issue a final NOC addressed to the PRO of the hospital/mortuary where the body is lying in custody.
* A certificate of burial from the owner/trustee of the graveyard has to be submitted at this office.

The above procedure is for carrying out the burial locally. In case of shipment of the body to the native country, certain clauses will change:

* All letters and NOC will mention the shipment.
* A fee of R.O. 120. will have to be made at the ROP hospital, Qurum.
* The hospital will inform the mortuary to prepare for the the embalming of the body.
* The Embassy will issue a separate NOC for the shipment to the native country.
* The Airline has to be notified accordingly.

After the body has been claimed. Arrange for the transfer of the corpse to the graveyard through the hospital or externally. There is a committee of momins who are very helpful in providing ghusl, kafan and tadfeen rituals. They are :

* Mohd. Redha Shabaan - (m) 99311557
* Fida Husein - (m) 99315884

* Haji Mustufa - Muttrah Pharmacy - (o) 714526 (r) 798565

The care taker of the ajmi graveyard at jibroo is Ibrahim al Awadh (m) 99335987

The care taker of the ajmi/Muscat graveyard at Muscat/sidab is Sayeda Sharaf 99775934

The care taker of the Sohar Graveyard at sohar is Mohsin Ghuloom 9926999

Grave charges are RO:50/-

The incharge for affairs of the dead at ruwi police station is hudaib al rashdy

Carry along an influential Omani person. he will be very helpful to expedite all the above formalities.

Carry spare copies of the passport, labor card, declaration of death etc.

Please pray that the Expatriate momin population has their own graveyard in Muscat asap

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Please also see www.duas.org/death.htm for death related procedues /duas