Is it permissible to transport a woman's body to her country with a non-mahram man? And is there a virtue in dying on Friday?
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The questioner : May Allah guide you, O Shaykh. Is it permissible for a woman who has passed away, may Allah be exalted, to be left to travel with a non-mahram man without a mahram? We have heard that you say
The Shaykh : who has passed away, may Allah be exalted
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : She has passed away, how can she travel when she is deceased?
The questioner : I mean, her body is left with a non-mahram man, I mean, she is moved from one area to another, and her mahrams leave her, I mean, with a non-mahram man from one area to another. And we have heard that you say that dying on Friday is not among the signs of a good ending. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first part of the question, I do not know what it means.
The questioner : The body of a woman, if she passes away, for example, here in Unaizah
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : and is sent to Riyadh with a non-mahram man
The Shaykh : I mean, one who is not her mahram
The questioner : No, there is no mahram, the body, I mean
The Shaykh : First, it is not desirable to move the deceased from the land where he died; rather, it is better to bury him in his place. The land of Allah, the Exalted, is all equal, except if he is in a land of disbelief and there are no Muslim graveyards there. In that case, he is moved to an Islamic land to be buried with the Muslims. As for in Islamic lands, no, a person is buried in his place. For this reason, the scholars said that it is disliked to move the deceased to another place. This is regarding the moving of the body. As for dying on Friday or on Monday, there is no virtue in it, because a person is only rewarded for a matter in which he has a role, meaning in which he has an action. Can a person delay his death if it comes to him on Thursday until Friday? It is not possible. So, the thing in which a person has no choice has no reward and no punishment. However, if there are hadiths indicating the virtue of dying on Monday, for example, we say so. But if there are none, the original principle is that what a person has no choice in has no reward and no virtue. As for the statement of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, when he was ill, he wished to die on Monday during his illness, but he did not die. This was out of his love to die on the day on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) died. Yes.
The Shaykh : who has passed away, may Allah be exalted
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : She has passed away, how can she travel when she is deceased?
The questioner : I mean, her body is left with a non-mahram man, I mean, she is moved from one area to another, and her mahrams leave her, I mean, with a non-mahram man from one area to another. And we have heard that you say that dying on Friday is not among the signs of a good ending. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first part of the question, I do not know what it means.
The questioner : The body of a woman, if she passes away, for example, here in Unaizah
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : and is sent to Riyadh with a non-mahram man
The Shaykh : I mean, one who is not her mahram
The questioner : No, there is no mahram, the body, I mean
The Shaykh : First, it is not desirable to move the deceased from the land where he died; rather, it is better to bury him in his place. The land of Allah, the Exalted, is all equal, except if he is in a land of disbelief and there are no Muslim graveyards there. In that case, he is moved to an Islamic land to be buried with the Muslims. As for in Islamic lands, no, a person is buried in his place. For this reason, the scholars said that it is disliked to move the deceased to another place. This is regarding the moving of the body. As for dying on Friday or on Monday, there is no virtue in it, because a person is only rewarded for a matter in which he has a role, meaning in which he has an action. Can a person delay his death if it comes to him on Thursday until Friday? It is not possible. So, the thing in which a person has no choice has no reward and no punishment. However, if there are hadiths indicating the virtue of dying on Monday, for example, we say so. But if there are none, the original principle is that what a person has no choice in has no reward and no virtue. As for the statement of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, when he was ill, he wished to die on Monday during his illness, but he did not die. This was out of his love to die on the day on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) died. Yes.