Funeral Services

Funeral Service Arrangement

We know how hard it is when a loved one have passed away. However, we are here to help out our community to ease the stress, and we have experienced lately the stressful moments of families.

East Steps:

  1. Soon as a family members have passed away– important to call us on ‭0481 163 111‬ or 0468 863 599.
  2. please provide all the information such FULL NAME, AGE, REASON OF DEATH- either in hospital  or Coroner Office- Please make one person to be in contact with us.
  3. We will send our driver to pick it up– and all the paper work be done by us.- once picked up the family members will be notify of arriving of the dead body to the Taha Centre.
  4. Our Funeral Management will be in contact – asking questions– such as who to wash, Kaffan, and other requirements.
  5. Asking if a person have grave or should we book it.
  6. finally it will be washed on day or next day– and will be send to Memorial place.

All praise is due to Allah (SubhanAllah) for granting us this opportunity, and we are deeply grateful to be able to serve our community. The project started in January 2018, with the application for the mortuary space being submitted to Dandenong Council. The purpose of the mortuary is solely for washing and storing the body, with no Janazah services provided. However, it took over seven months to finalize the application.

History:

For over 20 years, the Shia community faced great hardship. In 1998, many Shia believers were forced

to leave their home countries due to conflict and war, with a significant number coming from Afghanistan and Iraq. These individuals moved to build better futures for their families. Today,

the majority of Shia Muslims in Southeast Melbourne—over 30,000 according to the 2018 Census—are part of this community. For two decades, Shia families had to rely on private funeral homes, churches, or local mosques to perform body washing, due to a lack of resources, education, and the inability to establish their own center.

Alhamdulillah, thanks to the support of the entire Shia community in Southeast Melbourne, we have successfully established the Taha Centre and secured the necessary permits for a funeral facility for our people. This place is a priority for everyone, and Mashallah, the whole community is overjoyed with this achievement.

The funeral facility has brought immense joy to the community. Many members have shared with us their gratitude, saying, ‘It feels like our own home—our past experiences with other funeral parlours were difficult,’ ‘This is the best place, we are so grateful,’ and ‘Now we can worship with peace and bury our loved ones with ease.’ The positive feedback has been overwhelming, and all of this has been made possible through the hard work of volunteers. As volunteers, these expressions of appreciation from the community motivate and inspire us to continue our work.

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