What is the ruling on placing a deceased person in a coffin and then burying them with the coffin?
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Question:
Also, one of the previous questioners asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding one who places the deceased in a coffin and then buries them in that coffin without any need for it?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If he is shrouded and placed in a coffin, there is no harm in it. It may be better for preserving him from the soil and better for him. There is no obstacle, but on the condition that he is shrouded and the funeral prayer is performed for him. Yes.
Also, one of the previous questioners asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding one who places the deceased in a coffin and then buries them in that coffin without any need for it?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. If he is shrouded and placed in a coffin, there is no harm in it. It may be better for preserving him from the soil and better for him. There is no obstacle, but on the condition that he is shrouded and the funeral prayer is performed for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [356 -954] ما حكم وضع الميت في تابوت، ثم دفنه مع التابوت؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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