Burial of premature infants whose development was not completed
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Q: Premature infants whose development was not completed, some of whom are blood and some are a clot, are brought from hospitals in large numbers, sometimes reaching twenty or thirty. Some are complete and the rest are small pieces. Are they to be gathered in one grave, or is each one to be in a separate grave?
A: If the miscarried fetus has not reached four months, it is to be wrapped in a cloth and buried in a hole in the public cemetery or elsewhere, without washing or prayer, because the soul has not been breathed into it. There is no harm in gathering more than one in the same hole. If the miscarried fetus has reached four months or more, it is obligatory to wash it, shroud it, pray over it, and bury it in a separate grave.
A: If the miscarried fetus has not reached four months, it is to be wrapped in a cloth and buried in a hole in the public cemetery or elsewhere, without washing or prayer, because the soul has not been breathed into it. There is no harm in gathering more than one in the same hole. If the miscarried fetus has reached four months or more, it is obligatory to wash it, shroud it, pray over it, and bury it in a separate grave.
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