As of 2015, there are approximately 3.3 million Muslims in the United States (Mohamed, 2016). There seems to be few articles in the literature on specific requirements for care of the terminally ill Muslim and their traditions surrounding death and dying. Nevertheless, obtaining knowledge on the Muslim culture is useful in building cultural competency to improve care and decrease conflicts with the population. There may be different Muslim schools of thought, but they are united regarding their views on death and dying. So, this paper examines a few sources, mainly from websites, on the concept of death and dying as it pertains the culture of Muslims and their religion of Islam since religion plays a major role in their customs. The paper will
