About Dafn Registry

Built for the moments
families carry alone

Dafn (“burial”, دفن) Registry is software for UK Muslim cemeteries, free for families, always. This is what it does, and what we believe.

Find them again

No one stays lost to you.

A grave can be hard to find, years later.

The path that was clear at the burial quietly fades.

A child, or a grandchild, may never have known the way at all.

So you search a name, in English or in Arabic.

The map lights the exact plot.

And it walks you there, from the gate to the graveside.

Search by name Browse 51 UK cemeteries

Open the full Gardens of Peace portal →

If you have just lost someone

In the hardest days, less to carry.

A Muslim burial cannot wait, and there is already too much to hold. We try to take a little of the weight off your hands.

A cemetery near you, in time

51 UK Muslim cemeteries mapped, with the contacts to call. Find one

No forms to re-fill while you grieve

The cemetery takes the details once, digitally. Nothing to chase.

The first steps, in plain words

01Notify a doctor
02Register the death
03Receive the green form
04Notify the cemetery
05Book the burial
06Attend on the day

Read the full janazah guide

A memorial that lasts

A place that remembers them, and keeps doing good.

Every person on the platform can have a free memorial page their family owns and controls. It holds far more than two dates and a name.

Their life, in your words

A biography, early life, and the verses you choose.

Their place, kept findable

The plot on the map, with walking directions.

Their lineage, linked

Family connections, traced across cemeteries.

Blessings that continue

Sadaqah Jariyah: good deeds in their name.

Care for the grave

Contribute to the plot's upkeep, in full.

Words from those who loved them

A few kind lines, moderated by the family.

Here is a real one, exactly as a family keeps it.

Real memorials

What a memorial page looks like.

One real memorial from Gardens of Peace, embedded below. Family-owned. Every section is set to public, family-only, or hidden by the people who knew them best.

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Ibrahim Sheikh

إبراهيم شيخ

30 June 1971 – 11 February 2024

Aged 52

Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we shall return.

Plot location

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Cemetery boundary · G-7159 (copy 28a6aa)Elmbridge Road, Hainault, Essex IG7 6BX

Who they were

A GP who saw twenty-eight patients a day and never lost his patience. Loved by his practice, his family, and his neighbours who he treated for free outside surgery hours.

Early life

Born in Birmingham to first-generation parents. The first in his family to attend university.

BornBirmingham, United Kingdom

Family and friends

FatherAbdul Sheikhعبد الشيخ· 1925 – 2001
MotherRahima Sheikhرحيمة الشيخ· 1928 – 2008
WifeSara Hossainسارة حسين· 1955 – 2023Buried here · G-7166 (copy f7e4b8) →
SonYusuf Sheikhيوسف الشيخ· b. 1998
DaughterKhadija Sheikhخديجة الشيخ· b. 2002
Older brotherYusuf Ahmedيوسف أحمد· 1965 – 2023Buried here · G-7157 (copy a4c2ef) →
Lifelong friendAbdullah Khanعبد الله خان· 1942 – 2018Buried here · G-7161 (copy debe4e) →
Qur'an teacherDaoud Rahmanداود الرحمن· 1949 – 2021Buried here · G-7165 (copy 39e157) →

Sadaqah Jariyah, grave maintenance, flowers, tributes and family access live on the full memorial.

Continue reading the memorial →

Free for families

Grief should never meet a paywall.

Free, indefinitely

Search, memorials, tributes, and the guide. Always free, no ads.

The family owns it

Public, family-only, or hidden. Tributes appear only once you approve them.

Every penny flows through

Sadaqah and maintenance reach the charity or cemetery in full.

Dignity by design

No photos, no upsells, nothing sold beside your grief.

Frequently asked

Questions families ask us.

Does any of this cost my family money?

No. Searching, memorial pages, tributes, the cemetery directory, and the guide are free for families, with no advertising, indefinitely. Cemeteries pay for their office software; you never pay to remember.

Why are there no photos of the deceased?

It follows traditional Islamic guidance on imagery. A memorial built around words (the life story, family connections, and the verses the family chooses) endures better than a single photograph.

Who controls my loved one's memorial page?

The family. Every section can be public, family-only, or hidden, and tributes appear only after you approve them. The cemetery and platform only host it.

What is Sadaqah Jariyah on a memorial?

The family can nominate vetted charities so visitors can give continuous charity in the deceased's name. Donations go to the charity in full. Dafn Registry takes nothing from them.

My loved one's cemetery isn't on here. What can I do?

The directory still lists it if it's a UK Muslim cemetery, and you can tell the cemetery about us. Memorial pages and grave search switch on when the cemetery joins, which is free for them to start.

Who we are

The principles are the architecture.

Dafn Registry builds software for Muslim cemeteries in the UK. Our goal is to make burial logistics calmer for grieving families, and operations simpler for the people who run cemeteries. Everything we build is shaped by three principles, and they aren’t feature decisions:

Dignity first. No photographs of the deceased, no intrusive tracking, no dark patterns. The tone of every page is set by the moment a family is living through.
Zero take-rate on charity. Sadaqah Jariyah and grave-maintenance contributions flow in full to the charity or cemetery. The platform takes nothing.
No lock-in.A cemetery’s records are theirs. One click exports everything (burial records, plots, bookings, and the map) as open files.

Your data

We hold sensitive information: burial records of the deceased and contact details of next of kin, and we treat it accordingly. Data is stored encrypted with our infrastructure providers, payments are handled by Stripe (we never see card numbers), and each cemetery’s records are isolated from every other’s. You can read exactly what we collect, why, and how to have it removed in our Privacy Policy.

Get in touch

For partnerships, press, or to onboard your cemetery, write to hello@dafnregistry.com. If your cemetery is already listed in our directory, you can claim it during sign-up.