If the fetus is born fully formed, is it washed and shrouded?
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Question:
I ask about the ruling for a woman who gave birth to seven sons, all of whom died, and all were fully formed, except for one who completed seven or eight months. Since this woman buried one of the sons without prayer, without shrouding, and without wrapping, and she buried him in a place in the house, not in the cemetery, out of ignorance, and since she does not know his location now, as she did not mark them, what is the ruling in the situation described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the fetus dies before four months, it does not take the ruling of a funeral; rather, it is wrapped and buried in any place in the earth, and it does not take the ruling of a funeral. However, if it reaches four months or more, the soul is breathed into it, and it takes the ruling of a funeral, so it is obligatory to wash it, shroud it, pray over it, and bury it in the cemetery. If the one she buried in her house was before it completed four months, it has no ruling. But if it had reached four months or more and she knows the place of its burial, it should be exhumed if anything remains of it and buried in the cemetery. Yes.
I ask about the ruling for a woman who gave birth to seven sons, all of whom died, and all were fully formed, except for one who completed seven or eight months. Since this woman buried one of the sons without prayer, without shrouding, and without wrapping, and she buried him in a place in the house, not in the cemetery, out of ignorance, and since she does not know his location now, as she did not mark them, what is the ruling in the situation described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the fetus dies before four months, it does not take the ruling of a funeral; rather, it is wrapped and buried in any place in the earth, and it does not take the ruling of a funeral. However, if it reaches four months or more, the soul is breathed into it, and it takes the ruling of a funeral, so it is obligatory to wash it, shroud it, pray over it, and bury it in the cemetery. If the one she buried in her house was before it completed four months, it has no ruling. But if it had reached four months or more and she knows the place of its burial, it should be exhumed if anything remains of it and buried in the cemetery. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا سقط الجنين مكتمل النمو، هل يغسل ويكفن؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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