The ruling on burying a deceased person in an iron coffin when transporting him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner is from Belgium. He says: When a Muslim dies there, they transport the body to his country so that it can be buried in the Muslim cemeteries there. However, the laws in their country require that the body be placed in a closed iron coffin during transport and buried in that box. He asks: Does this situation remove the dislike of burying the deceased in an iron coffin for his family?
Answer:
They do not obey them in burying him in the coffin; they do not obey them. As for placing him in a coffin during transport, there is nothing wrong with that. As for burying him in the coffin, no.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner is from Belgium. He says: When a Muslim dies there, they transport the body to his country so that it can be buried in the Muslim cemeteries there. However, the laws in their country require that the body be placed in a closed iron coffin during transport and buried in that box. He asks: Does this situation remove the dislike of burying the deceased in an iron coffin for his family?
Answer:
They do not obey them in burying him in the coffin; they do not obey them. As for placing him in a coffin during transport, there is nothing wrong with that. As for burying him in the coffin, no.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-22- 06-1441هـ — alfawzan.live (49:58)
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