The ruling on guarding the grave for three days after burial
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, when a person is buried, a tent is set up near the cemetery for the purpose of guarding it. A group of villagers then guard it for three days, fearing, in their belief, that the body might be dug up. Is this permissible?
Answer:
If this is the reality—that the body is dug up and there is fear—then there is no harm. But if there is no fear, then there is no need for this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, when a person is buried, a tent is set up near the cemetery for the purpose of guarding it. A group of villagers then guard it for three days, fearing, in their belief, that the body might be dug up. Is this permissible?
Answer:
If this is the reality—that the body is dug up and there is fear—then there is no harm. But if there is no fear, then there is no need for this. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 30-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (52:03)
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