Strange practices concerning the body of a deceased spiritual guide, which are bid‘a

Question

A man died, and the followers of the spiritual guide did the following things in the course of the preparation (tajhiz), shrouding (takfin) and burial (tadfin): (1) After the funeral prayer had been led, they deliberately delayed digging the grave for the reason that his disciples were coming from far away, so that they could see his face. (2) After placing the deceased in the grave, they kept the grave open for a day or two. (3) They ground small cardamom and applied it to the body of the deceased. (4)

Answer

Even the smallest mustahabb acts relating to the deceased, his washing, burial and grave are mentioned in the books of fiqh, whereas the things asked about are mentioned neither in the Noble Qur’an, nor in the noble hadith, nor in the authoritative books of fiqh.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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