What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding one who dies with a gold tooth or a gold wire in the spinal column?
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The questioner : What is the ruling in your view regarding one who dies with a gold tooth or a gold wire in the spinal column?
The Shaykh : As for the gold wire in the spinal column, it is not to be removed, because it cannot be removed without mutilation, and mutilating a corpse is forbidden and not permissible, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1616Hasan (Darussalam).
As for the tooth or the strip that holds the tooth, it is to be removed, because it is wealth, and leaving it in the corpse is a waste of wealth, unless there is a fear of mutilation to the teeth of the corpse such that they would be crushed when it is removed, in which case it remains. Likewise, if the heirs, and they are guided, agree that it remains in the corpse, there is no blame in that. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a message received from the listener, A, from Riyadh, who says.
The Shaykh : As for the gold wire in the spinal column, it is not to be removed, because it cannot be removed without mutilation, and mutilating a corpse is forbidden and not permissible, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Breaking the bones of the deceased is like breaking his bones when he is alive.
كسر عظم الميت ككسره حياًAs for the tooth or the strip that holds the tooth, it is to be removed, because it is wealth, and leaving it in the corpse is a waste of wealth, unless there is a fear of mutilation to the teeth of the corpse such that they would be crushed when it is removed, in which case it remains. Likewise, if the heirs, and they are guided, agree that it remains in the corpse, there is no blame in that. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a message received from the listener, A, from Riyadh, who says.