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Fatwa CenterTaking a dead body to graveyard before the grave is completely dug up
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Assalamu alaikum Mufti Sahib If the dead body of a muslim is taken to graveyard, but grave has not been completely digged up and it will take considerable time to complete the grave.Should the dead body retained there or be sent back to home?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
It is permissible to keep the corpse in the graveyard until the grave is dug up, and it is not an obligation to return it home.
It is confirmed that Al-Baraa’ ibn ‘Aazib 
narrated that the companions 
went out with the Prophet in a funeral of an Ansari man and when they reached the graveyard, the grave was not yet dug up, then the Prophet sat around the grave and the companions sat around it as well, until digging the grave was finished. [Ahmad]
However, it was not reported in the narration that he ordered the corpse to be returned home.
Allaah Knows best.
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