Digging up old grave and burying deceased into it

Digging Up Old Grave And Burying Deceased Into It

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What have respected Islamic scholars ruled on the following issue? If a person digs up the grave of his father or grandfather and buries any other deceased person into it or says that his own body be buried into it after his demise; is this allowed or not? Please give its reply in the light of Shari’ah.(Questioner: Muhammad Afzal Khan, Liaqat Abad, Karachi)

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  To dig up the grave of a deceased Muslim unnecessarily or to bury any other deceased person in his place is impermissible, Haraam and sin. By Shari’ah, it is not allowed to dig up the grave of the father or grandfather or that of any other and to bury any other dead body into it in their place, no matter how old the grave has become. Sitting on the grave of a Muslim, walking on it, trampling on it and even leaning against it have all been severely forbidden in blessed Ahadees. As for levelling it and digging it up, these are even worse actions, desecration and disrespect for the grave of Muslims and a means of sin and punishment. Besides, it’s also the blasphemy of the secrets of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Fuzail Raza Attari