What is the ruling on burying a deceased person in a *fasqiyyah*?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... a cave, a cave. They place the deceased in it, of course. The entrance to the cave is narrow and sealed with a slab. They remove the slab and bury the deceased.
The student : This is not a cave, O Shaykh. This is called a *fasqiyyah*. It is just a *fasqiyyah*, O our Shaykh. The image of the *fasqiyyah* was not clarified to him. A *fasqiyyah* is, O our Shaykh, a structure that is built, then roofed with stone, and then earth is piled on the back, meaning the back of this *fasqiyyah*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The earth rises about half a meter or more.
The Shaykh : Then.
The student : Inside, deep in the ground, meaning at a depth of two meters, there is earth, or a meter and a half, there is earth, and there is a door. This is where the earth is raised when burying the deceased, and then it is leveled. The earth is piled so that it is leveled with the roof of the grave buried under the earth. So it is not actually a cave.
Another student: ... natural.
Another student: In a cave, yes.
The student: No.
The student: Yes.
Another student: Ah, I don't know.
The questioner : I saw a cave whose door is ... and a slab is placed on it, and then earth is placed on the slab. If another deceased person comes, I saw them raise it. For example, if there are ten deceased in it, if there is no space, they move all the bones.
The Shaykh : So, is this cave spacious, meaning?
The student : It is spacious, O Shaykh.
Another student: Rooms, large rooms.
The questioner : It can accommodate our entire gathering here, like this.
The Shaykh : It is like the *fasqiyyah* he is talking about, but this one ... is a rock, it appears.
The student : It is a cave whose back is ... .
Another student: Our Shaykh Abu Samir ... .
The Shaykh : No, Abu Samir is a structure, not a cave. A structure, a concrete structure.
The student : Concrete, but it is a large room.
The Shaykh : It is known, but it is in the ground, not elevated.
The student : There are people sleeping next to it.
The Shaykh : I know, I know, but Abu Malik is coming to say that there are layers there, yes, this is problematic.
The questioner : ... a cave, a cave. They place the deceased in it, of course. The entrance to the cave is narrow and sealed with a slab. They remove the slab and bury the deceased.
The student : This is not a cave, O Shaykh. This is called a *fasqiyyah*. It is just a *fasqiyyah*, O our Shaykh. The image of the *fasqiyyah* was not clarified to him. A *fasqiyyah* is, O our Shaykh, a structure that is built, then roofed with stone, and then earth is piled on the back, meaning the back of this *fasqiyyah*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The earth rises about half a meter or more.
The Shaykh : Then.
The student : Inside, deep in the ground, meaning at a depth of two meters, there is earth, or a meter and a half, there is earth, and there is a door. This is where the earth is raised when burying the deceased, and then it is leveled. The earth is piled so that it is leveled with the roof of the grave buried under the earth. So it is not actually a cave.
Another student: ... natural.
Another student: In a cave, yes.
The student: No.
The student: Yes.
Another student: Ah, I don't know.
The questioner : I saw a cave whose door is ... and a slab is placed on it, and then earth is placed on the slab. If another deceased person comes, I saw them raise it. For example, if there are ten deceased in it, if there is no space, they move all the bones.
The Shaykh : So, is this cave spacious, meaning?
The student : It is spacious, O Shaykh.
Another student: Rooms, large rooms.
The questioner : It can accommodate our entire gathering here, like this.
The Shaykh : It is like the *fasqiyyah* he is talking about, but this one ... is a rock, it appears.
The student : It is a cave whose back is ... .
Another student: Our Shaykh Abu Samir ... .
The Shaykh : No, Abu Samir is a structure, not a cave. A structure, a concrete structure.
The student : Concrete, but it is a large room.
The Shaykh : It is known, but it is in the ground, not elevated.
The student : There are people sleeping next to it.
The Shaykh : I know, I know, but Abu Malik is coming to say that there are layers there, yes, this is problematic.
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