The Sunnah When Burying the Dead
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Question:
He says: What is the Sunnah (recommended practice) regarding the burial of the deceased, because we see in our present time some deviations and religious innovations (bid'ah) in the burial of the deceased?
Answer:
The burial of the deceased is something the Muslims have known and it has been repeated; it is not hidden from any Muslim that the deceased is placed in his grave facing the qiblah (direction of prayer), and bricks are arranged over him to prevent the earth from falling on him. Then, when the bricks are arranged and the spaces between them are filled, earth is thrown over him. It is raised from the ground by the height of a shibr (hand-span) in a sloped shape, and two markers are placed at its ends so that its boundary is known to be a grave and it is not trampled. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
He says: What is the Sunnah (recommended practice) regarding the burial of the deceased, because we see in our present time some deviations and religious innovations (bid'ah) in the burial of the deceased?
Answer:
The burial of the deceased is something the Muslims have known and it has been repeated; it is not hidden from any Muslim that the deceased is placed in his grave facing the qiblah (direction of prayer), and bricks are arranged over him to prevent the earth from falling on him. Then, when the bricks are arranged and the spaces between them are filled, earth is thrown over him. It is raised from the ground by the height of a shibr (hand-span) in a sloped shape, and two markers are placed at its ends so that its boundary is known to be a grave and it is not trampled. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (173) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-03-14] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (16:59)
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