Is it obligatory to move a deceased person who was buried alone in the open land to the cemetery, or is it not?
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The questioner : I say: One of our relatives passed away thirty or forty years ago and was buried alone in the open land. Some scholars told us that it is obligatory to dig him up and move him to the Muslim cemeteries. What is your opinion, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : My opinion is that it is not obligatory; it is not obligatory, except if urban development reaches him.
The questioner : No, in the open land.
The Shaykh : So, what is the issue? Why...?
The questioner : Because he is alone.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, may Allah will it, neither a jackal nor a wolf will come to him, by the power of Allah.
The Shaykh : My opinion is that it is not obligatory; it is not obligatory, except if urban development reaches him.
The questioner : No, in the open land.
The Shaykh : So, what is the issue? Why...?
The questioner : Because he is alone.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, may Allah will it, neither a jackal nor a wolf will come to him, by the power of Allah.