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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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