Al-Mahdi Islamic Society

Janazah & burial services

Fort McMurray's Shia Muslim society, incorporated under the Alberta Societies Act on 20 June 2012 (registry no. 5016883497), struck off in August 2015 and revived in December 2015; the registry still shows it as active. Its registered address is a law office, not a place of worship, and no prayer venue, phone, website or current programme could be verified — it appears to hold occasional gatherings rather than run a permanent musalla. Listed here only so people searching for a Shia congregation in Fort McMurray know it exists; needs a human phone call to confirm it is still meeting.

Each line below is either confirmed from the organisation’s own material or marked as not confirmed. We publish the gaps rather than guess at them.

What we haven’t confirmed

We could not establish: On-site mortuary, Cold storage, Ghusl facility, Ghusl for women, by women, Kafan (shroud), Transport of the deceased and more. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.

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