Abdur Rahim waits for death beside his own grave

Abdur Rahim from Kushadanga village in Maheshpur upazila, Jhenaidah, has built a brick-and-stone grave with his own hands and has been waiting beside it for the end of his life for five years. Anxious about whether his children will bury them after death, he has prepared graves for both himself and his wife, and even completed his own forty days memorial ritual about a year ago.

People from far and wide are gathering every day at his home to see this unusual activity. Locals and Union Parishad Chairman Mizanur Rahman have confirmed the matter. Meanwhile, Mufti Zakir Hossain stated that building a permanent grave for a specific person and regularly cleaning it is not in accordance with Islamic Sharia.

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