How to Have a Bigger Grave | The Other Side: Barzakh and Beyond Ep. 11

References

1. Abdullah ibn al-’Ayzar said: “O son of Adam, you have two homes: one on the surface of the earth and one below it. You focus on the home above ground, adorning and beautifying it, making doors to the north and south, and furnishing it to suit both winter and summer. Yet, you neglect and ruin the home beneath the earth. Then someone comes to you and asks, ‘How long will you stay in this house you have perfected?’ You reply, ‘I do not know.’ He then asks, ‘And how long will you stay in the house you have neglected?’ You reply, ‘That is my permanent abode.’ So he says, ‘You admit this, yet you claim to be a man of reason!’” [Ibn Abi ad-Dunya, Kitab al-Quboor]
2. Abdullah ibn ‘Amr narrated: A man from Medina, who was born there, passed away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the funeral prayer for him and then said, “If only he had died somewhere other than his birthplace.” People asked: “Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “When a person dies in a place other than where he was born, the distance from his birthplace to the place where his journey ends is measured for him in Paradise.” [Sunan an-Nasa’i #1832; Sunan Ibn Majah #1614]
3. Prophet Idris died in the heavens. [Ibn Abi Shaybah, al-Musannaf]