I want to find out if Muslims can be cremated instead of buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kindly advise. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The religion of all the prophets, Islam, has established the tradition of the burial of a deceased human body as the appropriate and dignified way of dealing with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sunnah<\/em> (practices established as a part of the religion) requires the Muslims to bury their dead after washing the corpse and clothing it in a shroud. This practice is based on divine guidance, distinguishing the Muslim tradition from others. We see that all three Abrahamic<\/em> religious traditions follow this practice. Therefore, we believe that cremation should be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, there are some indications within the text of the Qur’an that support the idea of burial. The following passages are helpful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0645\u0650\u0646\u06e1\u06c1\u064e\u0627 \u062e\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642\u06e1\u0646\u0670\u06a9\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u0648\u064e \u0641\u0650\u06cc\u06e1\u06c1\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064f\u0639\u0650\u06cc\u06e1\u062f\u064f\u06a9\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u0648\u064e \u0645\u0650\u0646\u06e1\u06c1\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064f\u062e\u06e1\u0631\u0650\u062c\u064f\u06a9\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u062a\u064e\u0627\u0631\u064e\u06c3\u064b \u0627\u064f\u062e\u06e1\u0631\u0670\u06cc\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n from this very earth We have created you, to it We shall return you and from it bring you out again.<\/p>\nQur’an 20:55<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u0627\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0645\u06e1 \u0646\u064e\u062c\u06e1\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u06e1\u0627\u064e\u0631\u06e1\u0636\u064e \u06a9\u0650\u0641\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064b\u0627 \u06d4 \u0627\u064e\u062d\u06e1\u06cc\u064e\u0622\u0621\u064b \u0648\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u064e\u0645\u06e1\u0648\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064b\u0627<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have\u00a0We not made this earth one that accumulates\u00a0the living and the dead?<\/p>\nQur’an 77:25-26<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In the account of the murder of one of Adam’s (pbuh) sons, the Qur’an expressly talks of God sending a raven to teach his brother the way to bury the corpse of the deceased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0641\u064e\u0628\u064e\u0639\u064e\u062b\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0670\u06c1\u064f \u063a\u064f\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064b\u0627 \u06cc\u064e\u0651\u0628\u06e1\u062d\u064e\u062b\u064f \u0641\u0650\u06cc \u0627\u0644\u06e1\u0627\u064e\u0631\u06e1\u0636\u0650 \u0644\u0650\u06cc\u064f\u0631\u0650\u06cc\u064e\u06c1\u0657 \u06a9\u064e\u06cc\u06e1\u0641\u064e \u06cc\u064f\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650\u06cc\u06e1 \u0633\u064e\u0648\u06e1\u0621\u064e\u06c3\u064e \u0627\u064e\u062e\u0650\u06cc\u06e1\u06c1\u0650<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then God sent a raven who began digging the earth to show him how to hide the corpse of his brother.<\/p>\nQur’an 5:31<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Even though cremation is not directly addressed in the Qur’an or the Sunnah, still burning a human body is not considered good because ‘fire’ in the Qur’anic text is linked to the punishment of hell in the hereafter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The only exception to burying the dead on land is if someone dies on a ship far away from land, in which case, the body is washed and shrouded; the funeral prayer is offered and then the body is tied to a heavy object and lowered in the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is better to adhere to the ways of the prophets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope this helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answered by:<\/strong> Mushfiq Sultan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Date:<\/strong> 2018-04-18<\/p>\n\n
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