What is the ruling about burying a
Muslim in a non-Muslim graveyard, when it is not permitted to bury anyone outside the
designated graveyards and there are no cemeteries just for Muslims in most parts of the
U.S. and Europe?
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Burial in non-Muslim graveyards
Question: 1827
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
It is permissible to bury a Muslim in a non-Muslim graveyard in a non-Muslim country if it is necessary to do so.
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Source:
Majma’ al-Fiqh al-Islami (Islamic Fiqh Council), p.43