Putting pond soil on a grave

Question

In Bengal it is commonly observed that there is a grave on the bank of a pond, which these people call “pat”. Now there is a need to deepen the pond, so the question is: may the soil of the pond be placed on the grave or not?

Answer

Putting pond soil on the grave will make the grave too high; therefore it should not be put there. For a grave, the very soil that comes out when the grave is dug suffices: [ar]وَيُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ فِيهِ عَلَى التُّرَابِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ، وَيَجْعَلُهُ مُرْتَفِعًا عَنِ الْأَرْضِ قَدْرَ شِبْرٍ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ بِقَلِيلٍ[/ar] “It is makruh to add to it beyond the soil that…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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