Is it permissible for a man to dig his own grave with his hands?
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The questioner : If the ground is sandy.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to build a niche for himself in it?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to what?
The questioner : To build a niche for himself because the ground is sandy.
The Shaykh : No, he does not build a niche until he dies. He builds it before he dies? What do I know that he will die in this place?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How? We have sandy graves here now. They dig the hole, then place the niche in the middle of it. They place bricks like this, like a water channel, and they place the deceased in it, and they place bricks over him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to build a niche for himself in it?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible to what?
The questioner : To build a niche for himself because the ground is sandy.
The Shaykh : No, he does not build a niche until he dies. He builds it before he dies? What do I know that he will die in this place?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How? We have sandy graves here now. They dig the hole, then place the niche in the middle of it. They place bricks like this, like a water channel, and they place the deceased in it, and they place bricks over him. Yes.