Carrying the Servant’s Funeral and Lowering Her into the Grave

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a servant dies in this country, and she has no mahram (relative one may not marry) or close relative, and her guarantor has been permitted to oversee her washing and the funeral prayer for her, is it permissible to carry her on people’s shoulders while she is being lowered into the grave?

Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. Even if her guardian is present, it is permissible for any Muslim to lower her into the grave; a mahram is not required, nor is the guardian required to lower her into the grave. Even if her guardian or a relative is present, there is no objection to that. As for the washing, it is not permissible for anyone other than women to wash her; women wash her. It is not permissible for anyone other than women to wash her and shroud her; women wash her and shroud her. As for carrying her, men carry her, pray over her, and place her in the grave. May Allah guide me to do that. Yes.