Exhuming A Body

Question

Is it permissible to exhume a body if the body was not buried correctly or buried in an incorrect spot in the graveyard?

Answer

In the enquired scenario, it is impermissible to exhume a body just for the sake of that it was buried incorrectly or it was buried in an incorrect spot in the graveyard .

Checked and Approved By:

Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.

References

شامى ص ٢٣٦/ ٢ ط:سعيد

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