Given that Islam does not recommend observing anniversaries of someone’s death, it is important that such observance (of anniversaries of death) should not be given religious meaning, nor should it involve any religious rituals. There is no death anniversary in Islam. The mourning period is for three days only. In Islam, one can read the Quran at any time as a prayer for the repose and forgiveness of a dead person. Also, one can pray or make Omra (lesser pilgrimage to Mecca) with the same intention.
