What is your opinion of what some people do to discipline themselves, such as digging a grave and sleeping in it, and other actions?
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The questioner : Sometimes, for example, in the context of disciplining the soul and treating it, people do things that are not prescribed, such as some people who, as is reported from some of the Salaf, would go to a grave and sleep in it.
The Shaykh : What am I doing?
The questioner : He goes to the grave, digs a grave for himself, and goes to it to remind himself of his ultimate fate, or, for example, if he wants to stand in night prayer and feels some fatigue in it, he burns it with sulfur.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar! I think there is leniency in your expression, if not an error, when you say "from the Salaf."
The questioner : No, the first one; I read in some biographies that he used to do something like this.
The Shaykh : Who is he?
The questioner : Salim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Salim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar; it was mentioned in his biography that he made a grave for himself to go to. May Allah forgive him and forgive the one who narrated it. Is the chain of narration regarding this to Salim authentic? You will say, "I do not know."
The questioner : Yes, that is it.
The Shaykh : Oh Allah.
The Shaykh : What am I doing?
The questioner : He goes to the grave, digs a grave for himself, and goes to it to remind himself of his ultimate fate, or, for example, if he wants to stand in night prayer and feels some fatigue in it, he burns it with sulfur.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar! I think there is leniency in your expression, if not an error, when you say "from the Salaf."
The questioner : No, the first one; I read in some biographies that he used to do something like this.
The Shaykh : Who is he?
The questioner : Salim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Salim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar; it was mentioned in his biography that he made a grave for himself to go to. May Allah forgive him and forgive the one who narrated it. Is the chain of narration regarding this to Salim authentic? You will say, "I do not know."
The questioner : Yes, that is it.
The Shaykh : Oh Allah.