A person who dies in the lands of the disbelievers and is buried facing a direction other than the qiblah: what is the ruling in that case?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A person died in the lands of the disbelievers and was buried facing a direction other than the qiblah. What is the ruling in that case? And is it obligatory to dig up the grave and turn it toward the qiblah, even though this would cost us a great deal?
Answer:
No, it is not obligatory. If he was buried, praise be to Allah, it is not obligatory to dig him up and turn him toward the qiblah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A person died in the lands of the disbelievers and was buried facing a direction other than the qiblah. What is the ruling in that case? And is it obligatory to dig up the grave and turn it toward the qiblah, even though this would cost us a great deal?
Answer:
No, it is not obligatory. If he was buried, praise be to Allah, it is not obligatory to dig him up and turn him toward the qiblah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [937 -3022] من مات ببلاد الكفار ودفن إلى جهةٍ غير القبلة، فما الحكم في ذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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