A question regarding the issue of the grave niche in burial.
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Abu Layla : Our Shaykh, regarding the niche, our Shaykh, I mean, when we place the deceased, yes, of course our faces are toward the qiblah and his back is toward the side of the niche. Can we, so that the earth does not fall on him and seep into him, make directly behind his back a brick of clay that is prepared?
The Shaykh : I greet Abu 'Adnan. We want a thing that takes five or ten minutes and that is it.
Abu Layla : This would be feasible, our Shaykh, it would be in the cemetery. I saw, our Shaykh, in the cemetery of al-Baqi' bricks made of the earth itself, and it appears that they mixed it with straw. This is directly, of course, I did not see there how they do it?
The Shaykh : I did not understand you. As long as it is a brick from the city, that is enough. Look, you have brought us back to the time of the Messenger or to the time of innovations and newly invented matters!
Abu Layla : By Allah, our Shaykh, of course.
The Shaykh : I mean, I did not understand what you intend by saying that you saw this thing in the city, meaning that this matter!
Abu Layla : No, our Shaykh, not at all, because there, up to now, they are still preserving this Sunnah.
The Shaykh : So, this is the problem!
Abu Layla : Regarding the niche, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The brick, I understand you, the brick means solid.
Abu Layla : From the earth.
The Shaykh : Prepared for this matter!
Abu Laylah : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this from the Sunnah?
Abu Layla : I do not know.
The Shaykh : I heard you say you will not, I do not want, we are interested in knowing.
Abu Layla : By Allah, our Shaykh, I do not know, but our Shaykh, I mean, according to what you explained, for example, we lower earth directly and this earth seeps onto this deceased, so I said perhaps it would be this, and make perhaps at that brick.
The Shaykh : You hit the mark, make perhaps at that brick! I mean, my brothers, the best of speech is what is little and instructive. I and my Ummah are innocent of exaggeration, and the end is sweet. Yes, 'Adnan?
The Shaykh : I greet Abu 'Adnan. We want a thing that takes five or ten minutes and that is it.
Abu Layla : This would be feasible, our Shaykh, it would be in the cemetery. I saw, our Shaykh, in the cemetery of al-Baqi' bricks made of the earth itself, and it appears that they mixed it with straw. This is directly, of course, I did not see there how they do it?
The Shaykh : I did not understand you. As long as it is a brick from the city, that is enough. Look, you have brought us back to the time of the Messenger or to the time of innovations and newly invented matters!
Abu Layla : By Allah, our Shaykh, of course.
The Shaykh : I mean, I did not understand what you intend by saying that you saw this thing in the city, meaning that this matter!
Abu Layla : No, our Shaykh, not at all, because there, up to now, they are still preserving this Sunnah.
The Shaykh : So, this is the problem!
Abu Layla : Regarding the niche, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The brick, I understand you, the brick means solid.
Abu Layla : From the earth.
The Shaykh : Prepared for this matter!
Abu Laylah : Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this from the Sunnah?
Abu Layla : I do not know.
The Shaykh : I heard you say you will not, I do not want, we are interested in knowing.
Abu Layla : By Allah, our Shaykh, I do not know, but our Shaykh, I mean, according to what you explained, for example, we lower earth directly and this earth seeps onto this deceased, so I said perhaps it would be this, and make perhaps at that brick.
The Shaykh : You hit the mark, make perhaps at that brick! I mean, my brothers, the best of speech is what is little and instructive. I and my Ummah are innocent of exaggeration, and the end is sweet. Yes, 'Adnan?
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