Recently, a post went viral on TikTok (@miamayesamirza) after a woman named Leena Hamid shared a video of her visit to her family's burial site at the Jalan Perak Islamic Cemetery in George Town, Penang.

@miamayesamirza Replying to @syakina collection Ye betul.. kami pun baru tahu. Arwah mak saudara kami dikebumikan dengan cara tindih pusara Arwah Mak dia.. Difahamkan ini adalah tanah wakaf sejak zaman British lagi. Semua susur jalur keluarga disemadikan di tapak yg sama. ALFATIHAH #family #786 original sound - Leena Hamid

Normally, when visiting a cemetery, one would see individual headstones marking each burial plot with the deceased's information.

However, what Leena encountered was quite different; many of the headstones at the site were placed together within the same enclosure and burial pit.

"A new experience. All of these are from one family (headstones in one grave)," said Leena in her video.

In the video, several headstones could be seen neatly arranged in a long line next to one another within the same area.

"We just found out as well. Our late aunt was buried using the layered burial method in the same grave as her late mother. We were told that this is wakaf (endowment) land dating back to the British era. All family descendants were laid to rest in the same plot," Leena explained.

The unique sight drew widespread attention online, as many users were surprised to learn about this layered burial practice.

In the comment section, several people expressed that it was their first time seeing such a method, while others shared that their own late family members had also been buried in a similar tiered manner at Islamic cemeteries.

Some commenters also noted that having multiple family members buried in the same grave made it easier for relatives to locate and visit the graves of their loved ones.

Leena's discovery not only sparked curiosity but also offered insight into a long-standing burial tradition still practiced on historic wakaf lands in Malaysia.