of a Muslim to be left among his family,” reported by Abu Dawud (3159).
Al-Tirmidhi (1057) also narrated—through a sound chain from Ibn ʿAbbas—that the Prophet ﷺ “entered a grave at night; a lamp was lit for him, and he laid the deceased so that he faced the qiblah.”

The Companions buried Abu Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—at night, and ʿAli buried Fatimah—may Allah be pleased with her—at night as well. For this reason the majority of jurists—including the Hanafis, Shafiʿis, and Hanbalis—do not regard night-time burial as disliked.

Ibn al-Qayyim said in al-Hadi: Part of the Prophet’s ﷺ practice was that he would not bury the dead at sunrise, at sunset, or when the sun stood at its zenith. Muslim (831) relates from ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir: “There are three hours during which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to pray or to bury our dead: when the sun first rises until it has fully lifted, when it is directly overhead at noon, and when it draws near to setting until it has set.”