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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A video clip of a rebellious youth who was exhumed from his grave one hour after his death and found charred: Is it permissible to publish it for the sake of admonition and warning?

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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a video clip is circulating on mobile phones of a young man who died, was buried, and then was taken out after one hour. He was charred and his color had changed. What made them take him out?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for them to take him out after he has been buried; that is the legal ruling. As for the incident itself, I do not know about it. Perhaps it is a lie; lying has become very common nowadays. But it is not permissible to exhume a dead person after burial except for a matter of dire necessity. As for walking around wanting to see what is in his grave, that is not permissible. It is forbidden. He is covered in his grave, and you go and uncover his covering and take him out. Yes.

The questioner:
And is it permissible to circulate it for the sake of those who claim to be admonishing and reminding?

The Shaykh:
He says: Is it permissible to circulate it for the sake of those who claim to be admonishing and reminding with this matter? No, circulating the clip for the sake of admonition. No, no, it is not permissible. It must be destroyed. It must be destroyed, and people should not go digging up graves. Are they scholars who go digging up graves to remind people? No, this must be destroyed and never circulated.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [569 -2802] مقطع مرئي لشاب عاصٍ نبش من قبره بعد ساعة من وفاته وقد تفحم، هل يجوز نشره للعبرة والعظة؟ — youtube.com

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