The ruling on placing the deceased in a coffin
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Question:
What is the ruling on placing the deceased in a coffin before burial?
Answer:
It is not prescribed. What is prescribed is to place him in the ground. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was placed in the ground, and the Companions were placed in the ground.
Q: Is it forbidden?
The Shaykh: No, the least of its states is that leaving it is preferable. It should be placed in the ground, as the Companions did with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and as the Companions used to do .
What is the ruling on placing the deceased in a coffin before burial?
Answer:
It is not prescribed. What is prescribed is to place him in the ground. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was placed in the ground, and the Companions were placed in the ground.
Q: Is it forbidden?
The Shaykh: No, the least of its states is that leaving it is preferable. It should be placed in the ground, as the Companions did with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and as the Companions used to do .
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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