If a Muslim dies in the lands of the disbelievers, is it obligatory to transfer him to a Muslim country, or is money paid to bury him in that land of disbelief?

The questioner : What is the ruling on how they bury them, or take them by plane?

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : I mean: do they bury their dead there, or do they take them by plane and transfer them to the lands of the Muslims?

The Shaykh : He has already presented an excuse in advance, saying: they are unable to pay four thousand dollars. So, in terms of reality, this means: he is to be buried there.

The questioner : And if they are able?

The Shaykh : Therefore, we say, we do not say that if they are able, he is not to be buried there but rather transferred, because if we answered with this answer, we would demolish what we said. We want from this entire detail that they not reside there, do you understand me? And it appears, and Allah knows best, that most of them are unable to pay four thousand dollars to transfer their dead to the nearest Muslim country. They may be able to afford the material, but they are unable to afford the spirit, meaning: they do not have the strong religious deterrent that drives them to pay four thousand dollars to bury him in the Muslim cemeteries, in a country near the lands of the disbelievers. The one who is sincere and saved is, as we said at the beginning: .