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Burying
a kaafir child in a Muslim graveyard
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Question:
Is
it permissible to bury a kaafir
child in a Muslim graveyard if a Muslim has adopted him, and
then he (the child) dies before reaching the age of puberty?
Response:
It is not permissible to bury a kaafir
in a Muslim graveyard, regardless of whether he was adopted
by a Muslim or not, or whether he had reached the age of puberty
or not. However, if there was any indication as to his (having
accepted) Islaam, then he is to be buried in a Muslim graveyard.
It should be noted that adoption is forbidden in Islaam [while
fostering is permissible], because Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) says:
{Call
them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers},
[Soorah
al-Ahzaab, Aayah
5].
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa,
comprising -
Head: Shaykh
'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Deputy Head: Shaykh
'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;
Member:
Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan;
Member:
Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Qu'ood
Fataawa
al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa.,
- Volume 9, Page 10, Question 3 of Fatwa No.5124
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