Is it recommended to bury relatives together?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Funerals

Book 7 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Gathering relatives in burial is virtuous based on the Prophet's statement: 'When Uthman ibn Maz'un was buried, he commanded that those who died from his family be buried near him.' This practice is recommended because it facilitates visitation and increases supplication for mercy upon them.