A Muslim married a Christian woman who became pregnant with his child, but she died before giving birth. Should she be buried in the Muslim cemetery or in the cemetery of the disbelievers?
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The questioner : A Muslim man married a Christian woman, and she became pregnant with his child. I believe the fetus was in the sixth month when she passed away. Where should she be buried?
The Shaykh : Where should she be buried?
The questioner : Yes, should she be buried in the Muslim cemetery or the Christian cemetery, or...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And where should she be facing, and how should the fetus be oriented?
The Shaykh : She should be buried in the cemetery of the disbelieving Christians and not in the Muslim cemetery. Why? Because the fetus has not yet been subjected to the rulings of this world.
The questioner : This is what I answered this man with. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The questioner : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : Where should she be buried?
The questioner : Yes, should she be buried in the Muslim cemetery or the Christian cemetery, or...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And where should she be facing, and how should the fetus be oriented?
The Shaykh : She should be buried in the cemetery of the disbelieving Christians and not in the Muslim cemetery. Why? Because the fetus has not yet been subjected to the rulings of this world.
The questioner : This is what I answered this man with. May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The questioner : And beware of that.
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