Our Shaykh is a Christian who was buried in the Muslims' cemetery, and the Muslims did not know he was a Christian, a long time ago. What is the ruling and what is the procedure?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, a Christian, was buried in the Muslims' cemetery, and the Muslims did not know he was a Christian, from ancient times, meaning from a long time ago. So what is the ruling and what is the procedure?
The Shaykh : The ruling is to exhume him if the report is correct. What is it, what is the question?
The questioner : That the Christian was buried by mistake.
The Shaykh : I say: If the report is correct, he is exhumed.
The questioner : Exhumed?!
The Shaykh : Yes, on the condition: if the report is correct, not just hearsay, or if there is a benefit or something similar, then the exhumation is decided upon by the claim of what? That this is a Christian[Al-Baqarah 2:111].
The Shaykh : The ruling is to exhume him if the report is correct. What is it, what is the question?
The questioner : That the Christian was buried by mistake.
The Shaykh : I say: If the report is correct, he is exhumed.
The questioner : Exhumed?!
The Shaykh : Yes, on the condition: if the report is correct, not just hearsay, or if there is a benefit or something similar, then the exhumation is decided upon by the claim of what? That this is a Christian
Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
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