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Question 365) - What is the ruling on making the grave firm with lime or cement?
A: These are sins which Rasulullaah (S.A.W.) forbade.
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Question 364) - How should the grave be competed after the sand was placed on it?
A: The grave should be like a camel's hump,* not level. It should not be higher than a hand span.
*Al-Bahr, "Whoever saw the grave of the Nabi (S.A.W.) said that it was like camel's hump."
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Question 362) - How is the corpse entered into the grave?
A: From the Qiblah side. The one who places it in the grave will recite, "Bismillah wa billah wa 'ala millati Rasulillah
(S.A.W.)* He will make it face the Qiblah, lying on its right side. The knots tied to prevent the shroud from opening will be untied. The land will be closed with level unbaked bricks and then covered with soil"
*At-Tirmizi narrates from lbn 'Umar RADI. that Rasulullaah (S.A.W.) used to recite that when he entered the corpse into the grave. The narrator also said, "Bismillah wa billah wa 'ala sunnati Rasulillah."
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If baked bricks, wood or need is used to level and close the land? |
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Question 363) - If baked bricks, wood or need is used to level and close the land?
A: Baked bricks and wood is Makruh, reed is no problem.
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Question 361) - How should the grave be?
A: The grave should be dug to half a man's height or till the chest. If dug deeper then it is good. It is preferred then that the Lahd type then be dug. If the earth is soft they choose the Shiqq method then it too is allowed.
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