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Burial

Question/Answer Summary  about burial of the deceased.

Question

Answer
What is the ruling of burying dead Muslims? It is a communal obligation.
What is the ruling with regard to non-Muslims? The Muslims should bury them if there is no one else to do it.
May the Muslims be buried in their houses? No. They should be buried in graveyards.
Where should the non-Muslims be buried? In their own graveyards.
Who should be buried at the location of death? Those who are killed fighting for the cause of Allah.
At what times is the burial prohibited? At sunrise, sunset, and when the sun is in the zenith (at noon). Night burial is also disapproved except in situations of necessity.
How should a grave be made? Wide, deep, and good (well dug), preferable with a lahd. It width should be in the Qiblah-direction
What is a lhad? It is a horizontal recess made for the body in the Qiblah wall of the grave.
Who should lower the body in to the grave? Bring it, head first, from the feet side of the garve.
What to say as the body is being lowered? "With Allah's name, and upon Allah's Messenger's religion."
How is the body buried? It is laid in the lahid on its right side, facing the Qiblah. Bricks are put behind it before dumping the earth.
What should the people close to the grave do? Throw in three handful of earth.
How should a grave be completed? It should be raised a handspan, mounded, and marked over the head.
What should the people do immediately after the burial? They should stay by the grave for a short while, supplicating and asking forgiveness for the deceased.
What things should be avoided in regard to graves? Raising, building, plastering, or writing on them.
Should those who buried the body take a bath? This is recommended.

Miscellaneous Innovations

The following are some of the common innovations related to burial.

Before The Burial

  1. Putting blood from the slaughtered animal in the grave.
  2. Calling athan while lowering the body into the grave.
  3. Lowering the body from the head's or Qiblah side of the grave.
  4. Putting some of al-Husayn's( ) soil in the grave.
  5. Placing a pillow or some sand under the deceased's head in the grave.
  6. Placing a soft plush piece of velvet under the deceased's head in the grave.
  7. Spraying rose water over the body in the grave.
  8. Throwing soil into the grave with backs of the hands.
  9. Saying specific thikr while throwing each handful.
  10. Reciting al-Fatihah by the deceased's head and the beginning of al-Baqarah by his feet (based on a weak hadith).
  11. Reciting various portions of Quran during and after the burial.

 

After The Burial

  1. Making talqin (prompting with the shahadah) for the deceased in his grave.
  2. Placing two stones on a woman's grave.
  3. Praising the deceased and lamenting over his grave after the burial.
  4. Putting food and drink over the grave to be taken by the poor.
  5. Giving alms around the grave.
  6. Pouring water over the grave.
  7. Raising and building the grave with marble, and making upright tombstones.
  8. Writing Quran, dates, poetry, and other things on the tombstone.
  9. Planting flowers, myrtle, and other plants on the grave, or placing green branches on it when it is visited.
  10. Hanging the deceased's picture on the tombstone.
  11. A person's standing up to deliver a speech after the burial. The admonitions that Allah's messenger ( s) gave were not in the form of speeches, were not his consistent practice, and he did not deliver them while standing.

 

 

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