What is preferable: burying a dead Muslim in an Islamic cemetery in a non-Muslim city in which he died or…

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What is preferable: burying a dead Muslim in an Islamic cemetery in a non-Muslim city in which he died or transferring the dead body to a Muslim city which entails exorbitant expenses?

Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani · Accepted Answer

It is preferable to transfer the dead to any holy shrines or other recommended places if there is a donor who can bear the expenses —from the heirs or others— or if the one-third of his estate which he has endowed for religious charity, would suffice for that purpose, and there should not be any prohibited (Haram) act involved in the process, (e.g. removal of the deceases internal organs and blood).

What is preferable: burying a dead Muslim in an Islamic cemetery in a non-Muslim city in which he died or…

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