Is it permissible to say: "From it We created you, and into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you forth once more," when burying the dead?
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Some jurists have recommended, after burial, to throw three handfuls of earth onto the grave, saying with the first: "From it We created you," with the second: "And into it We shall return you," and with the third: "And from it We shall bring you forth once more." They base this on the marfu' of Abu Umamah. However, this hadith is very weak and does not contain this detail. Al-Albani said: "It has no basis." Ibn 'Uthaymin affirmed that there is no reliable hadith for saying this phrase when covering the deceased with earth.
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