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Pengebumian Mayat Dalam Peti Yang Tertutup
Is it permissible to bury a deceased person in a closed coffin?
Short answer
Burial of a deceased person in a closed coffin is permissible.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM)
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Kompilasi Pandangan Hukum Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa MKI (JAKIM, terbitan 2016)
- Topic
- Funerals & Death
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Burial of a deceased person in a closed coffin is permissible. The permission is conditional on the face of the deceased being uncovered and the body being turned towards the qibla. This was decided at the 8th Muzakarah of the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia on 24-25 September 1984.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Muzakarah telah memutuskan bahawa pengkebumian mayat dalam peti yang tertutup harus dilakukan dengan syarat muka si mati dibuka dan tubuhnya dihadapkan ke arah qiblat.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM). “Pengebumian Mayat Dalam Peti Yang Tertutup”, 25 September 1984. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#pengebumian-mayat-dalam-peti-yang-tertutup. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/burial-in-a-closed-coffin/