What is the Shari'ah method of burying the deceased?
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Question:
Would you please, may Allah preserve you, explain the method of burying the deceased, and is it permissible to bury him at all times? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
The Sunnah in burying the deceased is to dig a side chamber (lahd) in the western side of the grave, and to place him in it wrapped in his shroud, covered, so that even his face is not exposed; he is to be entirely covered within the lahd. Then bricks are placed over it, and the bricks are secured with other bricks that block the openings. Then earth is thrown over it, and it is raised from the ground by the width of a hand (shibr) so that it is known to be a grave. This is the Sunnah in burial.
Would you please, may Allah preserve you, explain the method of burying the deceased, and is it permissible to bury him at all times? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
The Sunnah in burying the deceased is to dig a side chamber (lahd) in the western side of the grave, and to place him in it wrapped in his shroud, covered, so that even his face is not exposed; he is to be entirely covered within the lahd. Then bricks are placed over it, and the bricks are secured with other bricks that block the openings. Then earth is thrown over it, and it is raised from the ground by the width of a hand (shibr) so that it is known to be a grave. This is the Sunnah in burial.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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