Where is a Christian woman carrying a Muslim son buried, and how is she buried?
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The Shaykh : But the scholars mentioned a strange issue: if a Christian woman dies while pregnant with a Muslim, meaning her husband is Muslim and she dies during her pregnancy, what do we do?
If we bury her with the Muslims, that is a problem, and if we bury her with the disbelievers, that is also problematic.
The scholars said: she is buried alone, in a place by herself.
Then what do we do? Do we turn her face toward the qiblah, or what?
If we turn her face toward the qiblah, that is problematic, and if we turn her back toward the qiblah, that is problematic. What do you do?
They said: turn her back toward the qiblah, because the sanctity of a Muslim is above the sanctity of a disbeliever. And the pregnant woman, Glorified is the Creator, the All-Knowing, the face of the fetus is toward the mother's back, and the back of the fetus is toward the mother's belly. Allah is the Greatest. The back is where the face is protected, protecting the face, and the back is toward the mother's belly because the belly is exposed to being injured, scratched, or something being placed on it. This is what indicates the wisdom of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
If we bury her with the Muslims, that is a problem, and if we bury her with the disbelievers, that is also problematic.
The scholars said: she is buried alone, in a place by herself.
Then what do we do? Do we turn her face toward the qiblah, or what?
If we turn her face toward the qiblah, that is problematic, and if we turn her back toward the qiblah, that is problematic. What do you do?
They said: turn her back toward the qiblah, because the sanctity of a Muslim is above the sanctity of a disbeliever. And the pregnant woman, Glorified is the Creator, the All-Knowing, the face of the fetus is toward the mother's back, and the back of the fetus is toward the mother's belly. Allah is the Greatest. The back is where the face is protected, protecting the face, and the back is toward the mother's belly because the belly is exposed to being injured, scratched, or something being placed on it. This is what indicates the wisdom of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.