5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

the four Madhhabs that the grave side of the lahd is covered
with sun-dried bricks or a mat. It is makrûh to cover it with
baked bricks or with wood. [Nails, baked things such as bricks
are ornamental items. It is makrûh to use them for a corpse]. It
is permissible to cover the outer part of the grave with bricks,
wood, or marble stones. The blessed lahd of Rasûlullah
(sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam) was covered with nine sundried
bricks. If a woman’s corpse is interred without a coffin, a large
piece of cloth must be used as a curtain.”
The grave is covered with earth. The top of the grave must
not be more than a span above ground level. It is mustahab to
cast three handfuls of earth on top of the grave from the head
side.
After the burial, it is mustahab to sit around the grave for a
few minutes, or to read (or recite) the beginning and final parts
of the Sûrat-al Baqara, and to pray and do istighfâr for the dead
person. [Christians stand by the grave and pronounce
benedictions. Muslims should not say their prayers standing like
priests. They should squat and then say their prayers. It will be
of great use if some pious Muslims perform khatm and khatm-i
tehlîl gratis by dividing the business among themselves and
send the thawâb to the dead person’s soul; they may do this by
coming together in the home of one of them as well as by every
one doing it in his own home. [It is disbelievers’ custom to make
speeches by the grave. It is not permissible to make speeches
like disbelievers or to praise the dead person with such
attributes as he did not actually possess. And it is useless and
unecessary to praise him (or her) with attributes that he (or she)
had. It is permissible to weep for the dying person. It is written
in Sharh-us-sudûr and Berekât that “Heavens weep for the
death of a Believer.” It is not permissible to cry loudly for a dead
person, to mourn, to wear black clothes, to hang black curtains,
rosettes, ornaments, to bear mourning badges or the dead
person’s photographs. It is written in Khazânat-ur riwâyât, “It is
not permissible to cover the janâza or the place of the janâza
with black clothes or to wear black clothes.”]
It is sunna to pour water on the grave. It is not sunna in
Hanafî Madhhab to make the top of the grave straight. It is
sunna to make it protuberant and round like the ridge of a fish.
It is not permissible to whitewash the inside of the grave with
lime or to paint it. It is written towards the end of Halabî-i kebîr
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