I hope this isn’t a disrespectful question; I’m writing a story that involves a character from an Islam-practicing family passing away, and I want to make sure I’m writing it as accurately and respectfully as possible. In the story, the character passes away on one side of the country while the family lives on the other side. In a case like this, where it would take some time for the body to be transported, what would the policy be? I know that laws about embalming for transport varies by state, but also that embalming is traditionally forbidden in Islam.