The ruling on building a house over the graves of two stillbirths after several years
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Question:
The questioner says: Two stillbirths were buried in a place, and they had reached four months of gestation. Then, after several years, a house was built over the two graves. What is the ruling on that? And what is obligatory to do now?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to consult the judge in the town. The judge of the court in the town; either he will settle the case himself, or he will refer it for a fatwa. You do not act regarding graves? No one acts regarding graves except by virtue of a legal fatwa from the court or from the Department of Ifta. Yes. Whether the graves are of infants or adults. The ruling is the same. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Two stillbirths were buried in a place, and they had reached four months of gestation. Then, after several years, a house was built over the two graves. What is the ruling on that? And what is obligatory to do now?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to consult the judge in the town. The judge of the court in the town; either he will settle the case himself, or he will refer it for a fatwa. You do not act regarding graves? No one acts regarding graves except by virtue of a legal fatwa from the court or from the Department of Ifta. Yes. Whether the graves are of infants or adults. The ruling is the same. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام [36] — alfawzan.live (48:26)
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