A soldier's final message left in coins

No matter the circumstances of a person’s death, we still give them their rights. Whether they died young or old, rich or poor, alone or surrounded by family, through illness, an accident, or any other cause, every Muslim deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We wash them with care, shroud them with honour, pray over them, and lay them to rest facing the qiblah. We do not let the manner of their death take away the rights that Allah has given them. Death is the great equaliser. The sh