Gasilhane

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Interior view of "Gasilhane", the mourning building for the ritual ablutions of deceased Muslims in the Mombach forest cemetery in the state capital Mainz .

Gasilhane ( Turkish literally 'wash house', composition from gasil from Arabic غسيل, DMG ġasīl  'washing / laundry' and hane from Persian خانه xâne 'house') is a ritual place of communal mourning outside the mosque , often built next to a grave field, where the obligatory full body cleansing of the deceased is carried out in order to achieve ritual purity .

In the Muslim mourning hall, the washing of the corpses is performed as the first of the five rites of the prescribed Muslim treatment of corpses. It must be practiced by a corpse washer for every Muslim. However, it is a collective obligation incumbent on all Muslims as a community.

A deceased person is cleaned three times with fresh water each time, lotus is added to the first water and camphor to the second , and the third washing is done with pure running water.

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