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(SIRI 04/2021) KAEDAH PENGURUSAN JENAZAH PESAKIT COVID-19 MELIBATKAN ORANG ISLAM DI NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN
How should the body of a Muslim COVID-19 patient be handled in Kedah?
Short answer
Handlers wearing PPE wet most of the body with the minimum amount of water, sprinkled on, with the intention of bathing the deceased.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Kedah State Mufti Department
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad Al-Fatwa
- Topic
- Funerals & Death
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Handlers wearing PPE wet most of the body with the minimum amount of water, sprinkled on, with the intention of bathing the deceased. The body is then shrouded in at least one layer of cloth, placed in a body bag specified by the Ministry of Health, put in a special coffin lying on its right side, and placed in the grave with the face toward the qibla. If wetting the body is not possible, the obligation lapses and the body is shrouded, prayed over and buried without tayammum. Family members who wish to recite a brief talqin are to be within 50 metres of the grave and comply with the Ministry of Health SOP.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Sekiranya terdapat halangan untuk membasahkan tubuh jenazah maka gugur kewajiban tersebut [Kaedah 1.2 (iii)] dan jenazah berkenaan hendaklah terus dikafan, disembahyang dan dikebumikan (tanpa perlu ditayammum); dan
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Kedah State Mufti Department. “(SIRI 04/2021) KAEDAH PENGURUSAN JENAZAH PESAKIT COVID-19 MELIBATKAN ORANG ISLAM DI NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN”, date not stated. https://ifatwa.kedah.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/29-KAEDAH-PENGURUSAN-JENAZAH-PESAKIT-COVID-19-MELIBATKAN-ORANG-ISLAM-DI-NEGERI-KEDAH.pdf. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/handling-muslim-covid-19-patient-body-kedah/