The ruling on placing a cloak on the grave when a woman is placed in her grave, and the ruling on her mahram entering the grave with her
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We see that when a woman is being placed in her grave, some people place a cloak on the grave, and perhaps only her mahram enters with her.
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As for placing a cloak on the grave when the woman is being lowered in, that is good.And the scholars mentioned it and said: A woman’s grave is draped when she is placed in it—Meaning: it is covered—and as for it being a condition that only her mahram enters it, that is not a condition. It is permissible for her mahram or someone else to enter with her. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for the funeral of one of his daughters, he said: “Which of you did not have intercourse with his wife last night?”So Abu Talhah said: I did,So he said: come down.
So he came down into her grave) and her husband, Uthman, was present, and her father, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), was present.
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As for placing a cloak on the grave when the woman is being lowered in, that is good.And the scholars mentioned it and said: A woman’s grave is draped when she is placed in it—Meaning: it is covered—and as for it being a condition that only her mahram enters it, that is not a condition. It is permissible for her mahram or someone else to enter with her. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for the funeral of one of his daughters, he said: “Which of you did not have intercourse with his wife last night?”So Abu Talhah said: I did,So he said: come down.
So he came down into her grave) and her husband, Uthman, was present, and her father, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), was present.