5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi
5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi
5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi
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named Ganges. The corpses are broken into pieces and eaten<br />
by crocodiles. Since this practice causes noxious scents, which<br />
in turn spread pestilences such as cholera, (they have<br />
developed a new method:) they are cremating the corpses in<br />
their temples [1] and throwing the ashes into the river. Abdul Aziz<br />
Dehlewî (rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’aleyh) says in the interpretation of<br />
the Sûra Abasa that Allâhu ta’âlâ commanded us to bury<br />
corpses in soil. Indian disbelievers burn their dead. If the corpse<br />
is burned, the body disappears. The link between the body and<br />
the soul ceases to exist. If the corpse is buried, the soul<br />
remains connected with the body and the grave into which the<br />
body is put. The souls of the people who visit a grave get<br />
acquainted with the soul of the deceased person, and they<br />
benefit from each other. The thawâbs for the âyats and prayers<br />
that are recited and the alms that are given reach the soul<br />
easily. In this way it will be easy for the people who are alive to<br />
benefit from the souls of Awliyâ and sâlih (pious) Muslims.” This<br />
topic is expatiated on in the next chapter.<br />
It is permissible to weep for the deceased person. However,<br />
crying loudly will torment the deceased person.<br />
There are savants who say that it is permissible to inscribe<br />
religious statements, principles of îmân, prayers, sûras or to put<br />
a piece of paper or something else with such inscriptions on it<br />
on the deceased person’s head or shroud; but it is not<br />
permissible on account of the possibility that they may be<br />
smeared with the deceased person’s blood or pus. There is no<br />
report stating that such inscriptions were written during the time<br />
of our Prophet (sallallâhu ’alaihi wasallam). As it is not<br />
permissible to inscribe the Qur’ân or the names of Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />
on bills or coins, on the mihrâb or walls of a mosque, or on<br />
carpets on the floor, so it is certainly not permissible to put them<br />
in a grave. For, it would be worse sacrilege to put them there.<br />
Instead of writing with a pen, it is permissible to imitate the act<br />
of writing the Kalima-i tawhîd and the Basmala with your finger<br />
on the deceased person’s forehead and chest after the<br />
washing.<br />
[1] In special buildings called crematoriums, or crematories.<br />
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