What is the ruling on placing stones under the head of the deceased, and praying in a mosque that is separated from a graveyard by an iron wall, with the Qibla facing the graves, and praying in the graveyard when time is short, and how do we reconcile the prohibition of praying in a graveyard with the action of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who prayed over the servantess in her grave?
There is no harm in placing a stone or a brick under the deceased's head, like a pillow. Ibn Qudamah mentioned in "Al-Mughni": "A brick or a stone or something elevated is placed under his head, just as a living person does." Al-Shirazi said in "Al-Muhadhdhab": "His head is propped up with a brick or clod of earth, like a living person when he sleeps."
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