What is taken from a human being, such as a limb or hair, and the like: Is it burned?
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Fatwa No. ( 8099 )
Praise be to Allah alone, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. After that:
The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed the inquiry submitted to His Eminence the General President from Lieutenant General 'Abd al-Muhsin ibn 'Abd Allah al-Shaykh , Director of the Religious Affairs Department of the Armed Forces, registered in the Research Department under number 280 on 27/1/1405 AH, the text of which is as follows: We refer to you the memorandum of the question received by us from the Director of the Western Region Branch of Religious Affairs, number 8, dated 11/1/1405 AH, and we request from Your Eminence the Islamic ruling on this matter, as we have many hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, and the cases there are similar. They ask us for a ruling on the method of disposing of human parts resulting from certain surgical operations, stating that their method of disposal is burning. The parts are:
1 - Limbs amputated as a result of injury in accidents. 2 - Parts from which we do not expect disease, such as the remnants of purification (circumcision for males). 3 - The placenta resulting from childbirth and the remnants of pregnancy at various stages (abortion). 4 - Remnants of dental work and teeth and the like. We hope Your Eminence will graciously provide us with the Islamic ruling so that we can circulate it to the hospitals of the Ministry of Defense and Aviation. May Allah guide you.
And it answered as follows: It is not permissible to burn them; rather, it is obligatory to bury them in a pure place, except if the fetus has been breathed into with the soul, which is the one that has reached four months, in which case it is washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried in the Muslim cemeteries if it was born between two Muslims, or between two parents one of whom is Muslim. As for if the fetus is from two disbelieving parents, it is not washed nor prayed over, but is buried in its clothes, or in a wrapping in an unknown land. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
Praise be to Allah alone, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. After that:
The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed the inquiry submitted to His Eminence the General President from Lieutenant General 'Abd al-Muhsin ibn 'Abd Allah al-Shaykh , Director of the Religious Affairs Department of the Armed Forces, registered in the Research Department under number 280 on 27/1/1405 AH, the text of which is as follows: We refer to you the memorandum of the question received by us from the Director of the Western Region Branch of Religious Affairs, number 8, dated 11/1/1405 AH, and we request from Your Eminence the Islamic ruling on this matter, as we have many hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, and the cases there are similar. They ask us for a ruling on the method of disposing of human parts resulting from certain surgical operations, stating that their method of disposal is burning. The parts are:
1 - Limbs amputated as a result of injury in accidents. 2 - Parts from which we do not expect disease, such as the remnants of purification (circumcision for males). 3 - The placenta resulting from childbirth and the remnants of pregnancy at various stages (abortion). 4 - Remnants of dental work and teeth and the like. We hope Your Eminence will graciously provide us with the Islamic ruling so that we can circulate it to the hospitals of the Ministry of Defense and Aviation. May Allah guide you.
And it answered as follows: It is not permissible to burn them; rather, it is obligatory to bury them in a pure place, except if the fetus has been breathed into with the soul, which is the one that has reached four months, in which case it is washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried in the Muslim cemeteries if it was born between two Muslims, or between two parents one of whom is Muslim. As for if the fetus is from two disbelieving parents, it is not washed nor prayed over, but is buried in its clothes, or in a wrapping in an unknown land. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
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