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[Machine] When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would place a deceased person in their grave, he would say, "In the name of Allah and according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ," and place a piece of cloth behind his head, another between his shoulders, one between his knees, and another behind him.  

الطبراني:١٨٤٤٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ شَبَابَةَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا بِسْطَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْأُرُزِّيِّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْمَيِّتُ فِي قَبْرِهِ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَوَضَعَ خَلْفَ قَفَاهُ مَدَرَةً وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مَدَرَةً وَبَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَمِنْ وَرَائِهِ أُخْرَى»