What is the validity of the book’s researcher’s statement that if the closing of the deceased’s eyes is overlooked, he holds his forearms and thumbs, and they close?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The researcher of the book *Akhkhar al-Mukhtasarat* mentioned a method for closing the eyes of the deceased if the closing of the deceased’s eyes is overlooked. He says: a man holds his forearms, and another holds the thumbs of his feet, and then his eyes will close. Is this a correct statement?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know. This is not what I know; I do not know. Yes, this is an old method, so Allah knows best; I do not know. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The researcher of the book *Akhkhar al-Mukhtasarat* mentioned a method for closing the eyes of the deceased if the closing of the deceased’s eyes is overlooked. He says: a man holds his forearms, and another holds the thumbs of his feet, and then his eyes will close. Is this a correct statement?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know. This is not what I know; I do not know. Yes, this is an old method, so Allah knows best; I do not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [549 -2802]ما صحةقول محقق الكتاب من أن الميت إذا غُفل عن إغماض عينيه فإنه يمسك بعضديه وإبهامه فتغمض — youtube.com
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