Burning Corpses to Get Rid of Them
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Fatwa No. ( 14450 )
Q: We have livestock, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, donkeys, and wild animals. When they die, the living ones eat the dead ones. Some people throw the carcass on the side of the road, near someone else’s house, to save their own house from the dead carcasses of the sheep and wild animals I mentioned. Some want to burn the corpses to get rid of them and to protect the remaining sheep , but I do not know if there is any sin on him for burning them or not? I ask you to inform us about this.
A: It is not permissible for one who has an animal that dies to throw it near people’s houses; because of the harm in that. But he should carry it and throw it in the wilderness, or throw it in the garbage collection areas.
Q: We have livestock, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, donkeys, and wild animals. When they die, the living ones eat the dead ones. Some people throw the carcass on the side of the road, near someone else’s house, to save their own house from the dead carcasses of the sheep and wild animals I mentioned. Some want to burn the corpses to get rid of them and to protect the remaining sheep , but I do not know if there is any sin on him for burning them or not? I ask you to inform us about this.
A: It is not permissible for one who has an animal that dies to throw it near people’s houses; because of the harm in that. But he should carry it and throw it in the wilderness, or throw it in the garbage collection areas.
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