5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

You do not make a shaq (furrow), that is, you do not dig a
trench along the middle of the grave already dug and put the
corpse in it. If the earth is weak and damp, you put the corpse
with the coffin in the niche or directly in the grave. If the soil is
dry and strong, it is makrûh to bury a man together with the
coffin. It is makrûh to spread such things as felts or mats under
the corpse. If you bury it with its coffin, you must put some soil
in the coffin. It is always very good to bury women’s corpses in
their coffins.
If a person dies on a ship and if his corpse may putrefy
before the ship reaches land, he is washed and shrouded and
his salât is performed; then, if disbelievers’ land is close by, the
corpse is put into the sea with some heavy object tied to the
shroud. If you are closer to the Muslims’ coast, you do not tie a
heavy object to the shroud.
It is not permissible to bury the corpse of a person in the
room where he died. It must not be buried near a school or
tekke, either; it must be taken to a Muslim cemetery.
It is written in Shir’at-ul Islâm: “When the janâza is put on
the ground near the grave, those who do not help with the work
should sit or squat down. They should not stand like Jews and
Christians. It is mustahab to recite seven sûras as the corpse is
buried. These seven sûras are Innâ andhalnâ, Kâfirûn, Idhâ
jâeh, Ikhlâs, the two sûras beginning with Qul a’ûdhu, and
Fâtiha. Also, it is mustahab to give alms and present the thawâb
to the dead person’s soul every day for one week after the
burial.”
An odd or even number of people approach the grave, turn
towards the qibla, take the corpse, which has been placed on
the qibla side of the grave and lengthwise parallel to the grave,
and put it in the grave or in the lahd with its face towards the
qibla. When doing this they say the prayer, “Bismillah wa billah
wa ’alâ millat-i Rasûlillah, sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam.” They do
not say the adhân. The corpse’s face is turned towards the
inside of the lahd, and earth and sun-dried bricks are put behind
it. Then the grave is filled with earth. It is not permissible to
reopen the grave to turn the corpse towards the qibla if it has
been placed the other way round. For, it is harâm to reopen a
grave. It can be reopened to take something left in the grave.
The ends of the shroud are undone in the grave.
It is written in Mîzân-ul kubrâ, “It is unanimously stated by
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