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Serving the Muslim Community with Care & Respect
Queensland Islamic Funeral Services (QIFS) was established in 2025 to serve as a dedicated funeral director for Muslim communities across Brisbane. This initiative was formed through a collaborative effort between Brisbane and the Gold Coast Islamic Society burial committee, aiming to provide a more structured and community-focused service.
Previously, these services were outsourced until 2025. Today, QIFS offers a complete range of funeral arrangements with care, dignity, and adherence to Islamic principles.
Our services include the transportation of the deceased from homes, hospitals, or mortuaries to designated mosques or ghusl facilities, where the ritual washing (ghusl) and shrouding are respectfully carried out. Following this, we arrange the final transportation to the cemetery for burial.
In addition, we coordinate closely with local councils to secure burial sites and handle all required documentation and legal formalities, including the official registration of death with the relevant government authorities.
Our office, 83RR+GPR Berrinba, Queensland, Australia, but you may choose to have the ghusl performed at any other facility. Although we are based at the Kuraby Musjid and use its facilities, we are an autonomous private compan formed for the benefit of the entire Queensland Muslim Community, and are not a part of any Musjid or Islamic society. We acknowledge the support of the Trustees of the Kuraby Mosque.
Alhamudulillah we have been able to provide our services for approximately 60-70 funerals per year across South East Queensland, including Harvey Bay and Rockhampton and have repatriated or received deceased remains to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and India and the United Kingdom. QIFS Ltd is a privately funded company and is managed entirely by volunteers, and operates as a non-profit business entity.
We do employ staff or contract out some of our services. All proceeds from the business are utilised to provide ongoing funeral services within the Muslim Community, and none of our Directors or committee members benefit financially from QIFS or our activities. All we request in return is that you remember us and our volunteers kindly in your Duas (prayers). We also pray that Allah (SWT) guides us to provide this essential service to the best of our ability within the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah for the benefit of the Muslim community. Alhamdulillah, we are very fortunate to have benevolent donors within our community who have generously contributed to the initial establishment costs of the business including the purchase the vehicles we use for transfers / burials.
We, at QIFS sincerely appreciate their generosity and pray that Allah (SWT) grants them the sawab-e-jaria they truly deserve for their noble gesture. Alhamdulillah, QIFS is now self funded autonomous organisation and no longer requires funding or donations to run the organisation. The QIFS Committee also acknowledges and deeply appreciates the time and effort of all the brothers & sisters who are volunteering their services to us on an ongoing basis. May Allah (SWT) reward you for your time and effort. Our volunteers have been offered remuneration for their services, but have declined in lieu of the sawab-e-jaria for their services. All attempts are made to provide our services within the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah, and we welcome any suggestions or constructive comments you may have to assist us in improving our services.
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Although we try to accommodate different cultures, all funerals are to be within Islamic practice we will not be party to any act or practice outside of generally accepted Islamic principles. If you have a specific cultural requirement outside of those we offer, you will need to advise us at the time of booking our services, and if the request is within Islamic practice then we will be happy for you to arrange this through your own Imam, mosque or community.
- An example is if he deceased is from a specific community and the family requests that the Ghusl or Janaza Salah to be performed by members of their community, then the family will be expected to arrange and co-ordinate this with their community members or Imam.
- An example of an unacceptable request “my wife or mother was a fashionable women and I’d like to bury her with some of her jewelry” or “we want to place some personal effects in the grave”. This will be considered an un-Islamic request.
