What is the correct method regarding the direction of burying the deceased?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the burial.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When we say the deceased is placed in from the direction of the feet.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Does that mean the head goes in first?
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : Without a doubt, because I understood from one of our brothers in the past, and I made a mistake... that the feet go in first. It seems he misunderstood the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Because I read in your book yesterday.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I found that I had misunderstood based on the words of this brother of ours.
The Shaykh : And it is better, if Allah wills, in some way.
The questioner : No, because when we buried my aunt, whom Dr. 'Asim spoke to you about.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The head was in the direction of... so we could not, of course, do anything but put her in from the direction of the feet, and that was better, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because we put her head in first from the direction of the feet of the grave.
The Shaykh : So it became as stated in the hadith:.
The questioner : Absolutely, heh, exactly like that.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on her. But I am upset with the doctor in my heart because he asked me a question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not tell me who the deceased was.
The questioner : This was my next question, because I was present when they opened the grave.
The Shaykh : No, I mean regarding the doctor when he asked me.
The questioner : ... buried ... with her.
The Shaykh : He did not tell me who the deceased was.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, I mean, what should I tell you, let me just ask the question.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And because of his frequent calls regarding women, as he is a gynecologist.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I said this was among those questions.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And after a day or two, I learned from our brother Abu 'Abdullah that the deceased was Ziyad's mother, or is that right?
The questioner : Ziyad's mother.
The Shaykh : Ziyad's mother, may Allah have mercy on her.
The questioner : May Allah grant us you.
The Shaykh : And may He forgive us and them all.
The questioner: Amen.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When we say the deceased is placed in from the direction of the feet.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Does that mean the head goes in first?
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : Without a doubt, because I understood from one of our brothers in the past, and I made a mistake... that the feet go in first. It seems he misunderstood the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Because I read in your book yesterday.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I found that I had misunderstood based on the words of this brother of ours.
The Shaykh : And it is better, if Allah wills, in some way.
The questioner : No, because when we buried my aunt, whom Dr. 'Asim spoke to you about.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The head was in the direction of... so we could not, of course, do anything but put her in from the direction of the feet, and that was better, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because we put her head in first from the direction of the feet of the grave.
The Shaykh : So it became as stated in the hadith:
Indeed, your Lord is amazed at a group of people who are dragged into Paradise by their chains
إنَّ ربَّك لَيعجَبُ من أقوام يجرُّون إلى الجنة بالسلاسلThe questioner : Absolutely, heh, exactly like that.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on her. But I am upset with the doctor in my heart because he asked me a question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not tell me who the deceased was.
The questioner : This was my next question, because I was present when they opened the grave.
The Shaykh : No, I mean regarding the doctor when he asked me.
The questioner : ... buried ... with her.
The Shaykh : He did not tell me who the deceased was.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, I mean, what should I tell you, let me just ask the question.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And because of his frequent calls regarding women, as he is a gynecologist.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I said this was among those questions.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And after a day or two, I learned from our brother Abu 'Abdullah that the deceased was Ziyad's mother, or is that right?
The questioner : Ziyad's mother.
The Shaykh : Ziyad's mother, may Allah have mercy on her.
The questioner : May Allah grant us you.
The Shaykh : And may He forgive us and them all.
The questioner: Amen.
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