What is the ruling on moving the bones of a deceased person after they have decomposed?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on moving the bones of a deceased person if they have decomposed?
Answer:
To where? It is not permissible to move a deceased person from his grave or to dig him up. This is not permissible because this is his residence, and it is not permissible for you to remove him from his residence unless the digging up is for a valid purpose, such as if a Muslim is in a graveyard of disbelievers, in which case he is dug up and removed, or if the grave is in a place where he is harmed by what is around it, in which case he is removed, dug up, and taken out to protect him, and he is placed in another grave to distance him from the place where he is harmed by water or the like. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on moving the bones of a deceased person if they have decomposed?
Answer:
To where? It is not permissible to move a deceased person from his grave or to dig him up. This is not permissible because this is his residence, and it is not permissible for you to remove him from his residence unless the digging up is for a valid purpose, such as if a Muslim is in a graveyard of disbelievers, in which case he is dug up and removed, or if the grave is in a place where he is harmed by what is around it, in which case he is removed, dug up, and taken out to protect him, and he is placed in another grave to distance him from the place where he is harmed by water or the like. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 429- ما حكم نقل عظام الميت بعد بِلاها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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