٭It is Makruh to bury a dead body in a wooden coffin. However if needed, such as the ground is very wet; there is no harm in it.

(Al-Fatawa Al-Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pp. 166; Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol. 3, pp. 165)

   ٭If the dead body is buried keeping in a coffin, it is Sunnah to spread soil in it and place unbaked bricks on the right and left and plaster the walls with mud so that the interior of it can become like Lahad. An iron coffin is Makruh and if the ground of grave is wet, spreading the soil is Sunnah. (Rad-dul-Muhtar, vol. 3, pp. 165)

   ٭It is Makruh to use red [baked] bricks in the part of the grave that is near the dead body as brick is baked by fire. (Al-Fatawa Al-Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pp. 166)

   ٭If possible, make Dam (blow) on the inner slabs after reciting Surah Yaseen, Surah Al-Mulk and Durood-e-Taj. (Madani Wasiyyat Naamah, pp. 4)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Blessings of pious people’s closeness

Dear Islamic brothers! If possible bury your deceased in close proximity to pious people as dead people are also blessed by their blessings. They stay safe from Divine torment and receive Divine mercy continuously. It has also been persuaded in blessed Hadees. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: (اَدۡفِنُوۡا مَوۡتَاكُمۡ وَسۡطَ قَوۡمِ الصّٰلِحِيۡن): Bury your dead ones amongst the pious.

(Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, vol. 8, pp. 254, Hadees 42364)

Ala Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: A deceased should be buried near righteous people as he gets the blessing of their closeness. If مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ he even deserves torment, they intercede on his behalf. The mercy that descends upon them also surrounds him. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 9, pp. 385)

So if space is easily found in close proximity to the righteous bondman of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, bury your dead ones there. When pious saints are blessed with so much greatness and excellence that the one who is buried in close proximity