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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Burying in Chambers Instead of Graves

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Question:
What is the ruling on burial in what are called rooms instead of graves?

Answer:
In cases of dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. If digging is not possible, and the country is Egypt, which is large and crowded with no open land available, then there is nothing wrong with making rooms for the dead to be placed in them. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/46 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (33:54)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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