Ruling on building graves with brick, cement, and the like
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on burying people in graves built of brick, cement, and reinforced steel?
I do not think anyone builds graves with brick and cement except out of necessity. In coastal countries, if graves are dug, water may seep into them, and they may not be able to bury a man or a woman in them without the construction you mentioned. If there is a necessity, there is no harm. However, if there is no necessity, it is not permissible, because of the waste of money involved.And because the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is disliked for anything that has been touched by fire to be in the grave. Based on this, even if we assume the grave does not contain brick and they placed fired bricks instead of unfired clay bricks, this is disliked according to the scholars, because brick is something that has been touched by fire.
I do not think anyone builds graves with brick and cement except out of necessity. In coastal countries, if graves are dug, water may seep into them, and they may not be able to bury a man or a woman in them without the construction you mentioned. If there is a necessity, there is no harm. However, if there is no necessity, it is not permissible, because of the waste of money involved.And because the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is disliked for anything that has been touched by fire to be in the grave. Based on this, even if we assume the grave does not contain brick and they placed fired bricks instead of unfired clay bricks, this is disliked according to the scholars, because brick is something that has been touched by fire.