Ruling on burying a deceased person in a country other than the one where they died
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Is it permissible for a woman whom Allah the Exalted has taken to travel with a non-mahram man without a mahram?And we heard that you say: Is it true that dying on a Friday is not among the signs of a good ending?The Shaykh: Yes.
As for the first question, I do not know what it means.
The questioner: The body of a woman who died, for example, here in Unaizah and was sent to Riyadh with a non-mahram man, not a mahram for her, I mean the corpse?The Shaykh: First, it is not recommended to move the deceased from the land where they died; rather, it is better to bury them in their place, for the earth of Allah the Exalted is all equal, except if they are in a land of disbelief where there are no Muslim cemeteries; in that case, they are moved to an Islamic land and buried with Muslims. As for in Islamic lands, a person is buried in their place.For this reason, the scholars said: It is disliked to move the deceased to another place; this is regarding moving the corpse. As for dying on a Friday or a Monday, there is no virtue in that; because a person is only rewarded for a matter in which they have a role,Meaning: in which they have an action. And can a person, if they are able, delay their death when it comes to them on a Thursday until Friday? It is not possible. So, the thing in which a person has no action has no reward and no punishment. But if hadiths are reported indicating the virtue of dying on a Monday, for example, we say so. However, if nothing is reported, the principle is that what a person has no choice in has no reward and no punishment.
And as for the statement of Abu Bakr when he was ill, that he wished to die on a Monday during his illness but did not die, this was out of his love to die on the day on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) died.
As for the first question, I do not know what it means.
The questioner: The body of a woman who died, for example, here in Unaizah and was sent to Riyadh with a non-mahram man, not a mahram for her, I mean the corpse?The Shaykh: First, it is not recommended to move the deceased from the land where they died; rather, it is better to bury them in their place, for the earth of Allah the Exalted is all equal, except if they are in a land of disbelief where there are no Muslim cemeteries; in that case, they are moved to an Islamic land and buried with Muslims. As for in Islamic lands, a person is buried in their place.For this reason, the scholars said: It is disliked to move the deceased to another place; this is regarding moving the corpse. As for dying on a Friday or a Monday, there is no virtue in that; because a person is only rewarded for a matter in which they have a role,Meaning: in which they have an action. And can a person, if they are able, delay their death when it comes to them on a Thursday until Friday? It is not possible. So, the thing in which a person has no action has no reward and no punishment. But if hadiths are reported indicating the virtue of dying on a Monday, for example, we say so. However, if nothing is reported, the principle is that what a person has no choice in has no reward and no punishment.
And as for the statement of Abu Bakr when he was ill, that he wished to die on a Monday during his illness but did not die, this was out of his love to die on the day on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) died.