Contributing to the burial of a disbelieving father in a disbeliever's cemetery
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from France asks: What is the ruling on my contributing to the burial of my disbelieving father in a disbeliever's cemetery, and this is in France?
Answer:
If he has someone to bury him, you are not obligated to bury him. But if he has no one to bury him, then you bury him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib when Abu Talib died and he was a disbeliever, he said to him: Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from France asks: What is the ruling on my contributing to the burial of my disbelieving father in a disbeliever's cemetery, and this is in France?
Answer:
If he has someone to bury him, you are not obligated to bury him. But if he has no one to bury him, then you bury him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib when Abu Talib died and he was a disbeliever, he said to him:
Go and bury him.
اذهب فواره.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وأما المقام الثاني الذي وقع فيه الغلط — islamhouse.com (53:52)
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