Contact the Funeral Committee as soon as death occurs: Br. Asgar Ladak 604-617-7772 or Br. Mohamed RM Dewji 604-649-0793 (also listed as the Funeral Services phone). The coordinator arranges transfer, ghusl, kafan and the cemetery.
Prayer times at Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre
Worked out from this masjid’s coordinates for today’s date. They are not Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre’s announced jamaa‘ah times — those are set by the masjid and usually differ. Check az-zahraa.org for the jamaa‘ah timetable.
Today
| Prayer | Begins |
|---|---|
| FajrNextDawn — ends at sunrise | — |
| SunriseNextFajr ends; no prayer at this moment | — |
| DhuhrNextJust after the sun crosses the meridian | — |
| AsrNextSet by the shadow ratio you choose below | — |
| MaghribNextAt sunset | — |
| IshaNextNightfall | — |
These are calculated times, not Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre’s jamaa‘ah times. They are worked out in your browser from this masjid’s own coordinates and today’s date, using the ISNA convention — the same arithmetic a printed timetable uses. What a masjid announces is something else: iqamah is set by the masjid, usually a chosen number of minutes after the prayer begins, and many hold it at a fixed clock time for weeks at a stretch. So the two will not match, and they are not meant to. For the times the congregation actually prays, check the masjid’s own site or phone (604) 274-7869.
Janazah & burial services
Shia Ithna'ashari mosque, operating under 'The Shia Muslim Community of British Columbia' (BN 133231571RR0001). Has an unusually extensive dedicated funeral-services section on its site covering ghusl, kafan, burial arrangement, and Shia-specific rites (Namaz-e-Wahshat, Namaz-e-Hadiyat Mayyat). On death: notify the Funeral Committee, who arrange transport of the body to the Imambargha, ghusl and kafan, and call the cemetery to arrange burial. Az-Zahraa Islamic Academy (K-9 day school) operates at the same address - separate entity in this dataset.
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 for women, by women, 24-hour janazah line, the Jumu’ah time. 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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Where to go next
Sources for this listing
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position.
- Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre - Burial Arrangement & Procedures — az-zahraa.org
- Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre - Contact Us — az-zahraa.org