Remembrance 1 from Chapter 124

Minhā khalaqnākum, wa fīhā nu‘īdukum, wa minhā nukhrijukum tāratan ukhrā.

IT IS SUNNAH to scatter three handfuls of earth into the grave, all taken from the end where the head lies. A group of our colleagues say that it is mustaḥabb to say with the first handful “From it We have created you”, with the second “And into it We shall return you” and with the third “And from it We shall take you once more.” ^[1].

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