Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

Nature of the grave

The grave should be dug with depth equal to half of the size of the dead. It should not be deeper than the height of the dead and in length should be according to the size of the dead. It is also permissible that if beghli grave is not possible then the corpse be buried after placing it in a box. The box may be made of wood or iron or stone. It is better to spread soft earth in the box. [Durrul Mukhtar]

Closing the grave with baked bricks or wooden planks is makruh. However, where the soil be soft and there may be danger of its sinking, then baked bricks and wooden planks may be used. It is also lawful to keep it in a box and then bury it. [Behishti Gauhar]

The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) did not allow graves to be raised or to be built with baked bricks or stones etc., or any structure or cupola to be built over it. All this is makruh and innovation. It has been reported in a tradition that the graves of the Prophet and his two companions are neither high nor low (level with the ground), and are spread over with soft read pebbles. [Madarijun Nubuwah, Mishkat]

Hadrat Amir bin Sa’d bin Waqqas (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that his father (Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas) said during his illness of which he died, “Make a niche (lahd) for me in the side of the grave, and set up unbaked brick over me as was done with ALLAH’s Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam). [Muslim, Mishkat]