A woman: who places her in her grave and who attends to her

Hafsah said: Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) made a bequest, saying: "When Dhakwan levels my grave (over me), he is free." She intended that Dhakwan should lower her into the grave. (After her death) Dhakwan lowered her into the grave, and at that time he was a slave.

Al-Ala bin al-Musayyib narrates from his father that he said: In the grave, the one who attends to the lower part of the woman's body should be the person most closely related to her.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abza (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs in her funeral prayer, and then he asked the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Who should place her in her grave?" They said: "Whoever used to come in to see her during her lifetime should place her in it." (That is, a relative from whom she did not observe hijab.)

Al-Hasan said: The man (the husband) may lower his wife into the grave, and he himself should be at the side of her lower body.