Is it only the mahram relatives of a woman who may enter her grave, or is it permissible for non-mahram men?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding a woman, is it her right to be buried by any person, or does the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he wanted to bury one of his daughters apply to her: Does this apply to her?
The Shaykh : Any man may place a woman in her grave, whether he is one of her mahram relatives or not, but it is better if it is one of her mahram relatives, unless we know that no one among the people has had intercourse that night, such as a man we know has no wife, or we know that he has passed the age of desire. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: The one who is further from having intercourse is more suitable than the one who is closer. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Not in sequence.
The questioner : ...[Ash-Shuraa 42:23] .
The Shaykh : Yes.
Who among you has not had intercourse this night?
من منكم لم يقارف هذه الليلةThe Shaykh : Any man may place a woman in her grave, whether he is one of her mahram relatives or not, but it is better if it is one of her mahram relatives, unless we know that no one among the people has had intercourse that night, such as a man we know has no wife, or we know that he has passed the age of desire. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: The one who is further from having intercourse is more suitable than the one who is closer. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Not in sequence.
The questioner : ...
Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for this message any payment [but] only good will through kinship."
قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربىThe Shaykh : Yes.