The Ruling on Disturbing Graves and Digging in Them
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Question:
Now, the second question, Ali. Yes. The second question. The second question is: We have a cemetery where people take things out of the graves. These are genuine artifacts from the ancient people, from thousands of years ago, and long stones the length of the dead person. They sell these artifacts and gain profit from them. And the stones, is it permissible for you to throw them on top of a Muslim, because their graves are not facing the qiblah? Now, thank you.
Answer:
It is not permissible to disturb graves or to dig in them for money or for anything. The dead are buried in them, so it is not permissible for you to disturb them. Yes.
Now, the second question, Ali. Yes. The second question. The second question is: We have a cemetery where people take things out of the graves. These are genuine artifacts from the ancient people, from thousands of years ago, and long stones the length of the dead person. They sell these artifacts and gain profit from them. And the stones, is it permissible for you to throw them on top of a Muslim, because their graves are not facing the qiblah? Now, thank you.
Answer:
It is not permissible to disturb graves or to dig in them for money or for anything. The dead are buried in them, so it is not permissible for you to disturb them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2295 - حكم العبث بالقبور والتنقيب فيها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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