Is it permissible to exhume graves for the sake of a public road if the road cannot be constructed except through the cemetery and it is moved to another cemetery for the public interest?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to exhume graves for the sake of a public road? For example, if there is no other area in this region, or if the road cannot be constructed except through the cemetery, is it permissible to exhume them and place them in a second cemetery for the sake of the public interest?
The Shaykh : Exhuming graves out of dire necessity for a road: The Permanent Committee, or some of its scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, issued a ruling that this is permissible, on the condition that the road cannot be diverted from the direction of the cemetery. In that case, the graves are exhumed, the bones are taken out, and placed in a cemetery. Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Exhuming graves out of dire necessity for a road: The Permanent Committee, or some of its scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, issued a ruling that this is permissible, on the condition that the road cannot be diverted from the direction of the cemetery. In that case, the graves are exhumed, the bones are taken out, and placed in a cemetery. Yes, that is correct.