Talqin after burial and writing the ‘ahd-nama on the shroud

Question

In Bahar-e Shari‘at (“The Spring of the Shari‘a”) it says: placing a chart of a spiritual lineage or an ‘ahd-nama (“covenant document”) in the grave is permissible, and it is best to dig a niche facing the face of the deceased, on the side of the qibla, and place them in it; indeed, al-Durr al-Mukhtar has called the ‘ahd-nama on the shroud permissible and said that there is hope of forgiveness through it. (2) Circumambulating (tawaf)

Answer

Al-Durr al-Mukhtar has called writing the ‘ahd-nama permissible, but it has not put forward any proof from the Sacred Law for its permissibility; Shami refuted it: [ar]وَقَدْ قَدَّمْنَا قُبَيْلَ بَابِ الْمِيَاهِ عَنِ الْفَتْحِ أَنَّهُ تُكْرَهُ كِتَابَةُ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى الدَّرَاهِمِ وَالْمَحَارِيبِ وَالْجُدْرَانِ وَمَا يُفْرَشُ، وَمَا ذَاكَ إِلَّا…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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