Placing the Dead Body in front of the Grave

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Causes of Death and that Believing People May Die by any Manner of Dying10 Difficulty in Dying (If Dying Becomes Difficult and the Agony of Death Intense)5 Facing the Dying Person Toward Qiblah3 A Believing Person Is Not Caused to Die Against His Will2 Things that Believers and Unbelievers See in Dying Conditions16 Taking out of the Souls of Believing and Unbelievers3 Burial Should Take Place Immediately2 Rare Ahadith1 Women during Hayd Nurse a Patient (The following chapters are about rules of washing a dead body for burial, shrouding and other matters of burial, and are best explained in the form of fatwa. Consult current fatwa about them.)1 Washing a Dead Body6 Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding16 The Reward for a Person Suffering from Illness10

alkafi-4519Vol. 3, p. 191

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ لَا تَفْدَحْ مَيِّتَكَ بِالْقَبْرِ وَ لَكِنْ ضَعْهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ بِذِرَاعَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ وَ دَعْهُ يَأْخُذُ أُهْبَتَهُ‌[1].

“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not make it heavy for your deceased by placing him in the grave. Place him two or three yards away from the grave on the ground so that he can get ready.”’

alkafi-4520Vol. 3, p. 191

حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتُهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع‌ مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ وَ أَنَا فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا ضَاقَ عَلَيَ‌[2] يَقُولُ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ بِالْمَيِّتِ شَفِيرَ قَبْرِهِ فَأَمْهِلْهُ سَاعَةً[3] فَإِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ أُهْبَتَهُ لِلسُّؤَالِ.

‘When a deceased is placed in front of his grave, give him a chance for a while; he readies himself for interrogation.’”

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