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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“If one of you were to sit on a live coal that burns him, that
would be better for him than if he were to sit on a grave.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 6, Hadith 134
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It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
offered
the funeral prayer, then he came to the grave of the deceased
and
scattered three handfuls of earth from the side of (the
deceased’s)
head.
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‘If I were to walk on a live coal or a sword, or if I were
to
sew shows to my feet, that would be better for me than walking on
the
grave of a Muslim. And I see no difference between relieving
myself
in the midst of graves or in the middle of the marketplace.”