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The Grave and
Burial
The Grave
needs to be the length of the deceased but needs to wide enough for a
man to be able to sit or stand between the deceased and the wall of
the grave, on the Qibla side.
If it is to be a man who is to lay the deceased down in the grave, he is to not wear anything on their feet or their head. If it is to be a woman who lays the deceased down in the grave, she is not required to go bare feet and still wears head cover.
It is
Makrooh (undesirable) for a Naa Mahram (an individual who is able to
marry) to enter the grave of the deceased but a husband or wife of the
deceased is allowed. If a Mahram man is not available then a pious
woman may enter the grave. If a pious woman is not available, them a
pious man may enter the grave for the final laying down of the
deceased.
All Naa
Mahrams need to move away from the grave when a woman is transferred
from the bier to the grave, or a curtain is to be drawn around the
grave. [Sayyid, Hadi Husayn (1988), pg. 155]
Allamah Qutubuddin Rawandi is quoted as having said that after the death of Lady Maryam ('a), her son Prophet Isa ('a) called out to her and said:
"O Mother! please speak to me and tell me whether you are desirous of returning back to this world."
Lady Maryam ('a) said:
"Yes, I desire to return back, so that during the cold winter nights I could recite Namaz, and during the hot summer days I could fast. O my dear! Verily the way to the hereafter is very difficult" [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999), pg. 44.]
How to Move a Deceased Woman into the Grave
The
deceased woman is to be laid laterally to the grave and lowered in by
her side and not by the side of her head.
How to Move a Deceased Man into the Grave
The
deceased man is to be laid at the tail end of the grave and lowered in
from the side of the head with the head down first.
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