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KAEDAH PENGURUSAN JENAZAH ORANG ISLAM YANG MENINGGAL DUNIA AKIBAT DIJANGKITI COVID-19
How should the body of a Muslim who died from Covid-19 be handled?
Short answer
A body classified by specialists as Post Covid 19 is bathed and handled as usual by the hospital according to the standard operating procedure.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Penang State Mufti Department
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Keputusan Fatwa Negeri Pulau Pinang (e-Fatwa)
- Topic
- Funerals & Death
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
A body classified by specialists as Post Covid 19 is bathed and handled as usual by the hospital according to the standard operating procedure. For a body not in that category that cannot be bathed due to high risk, parts that can safely receive water are washed minimally and the other parts are replaced with tayammum, in any order. If specialists judge the infection risk to be high or the task too difficult because of high death numbers, tayammum alone suffices. If both bathing and tayammum are obstructed in the specialists' view, the body is shrouded, prayed over and buried directly.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Jenazah Covid 19 bagi orang Islam yang telah dikategorikan sebagai 'Post Covid 19' (Stage 1 hingga 3 di mana PCR positif melepasi 10 hari atau Stage 4 dan 5 di mana PCR positif melepasi 14 hari) oleh pihak pakar, maka jenazahnya hendaklah dimandi dan diuruskan seperti biasa
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Penang State Mufti Department. “KAEDAH PENGURUSAN JENAZAH ORANG ISLAM YANG MENINGGAL DUNIA AKIBAT DIJANGKITI COVID-19”, 18 August 2021. http://efatwa.penang.gov.my/fatwa_details.php?fatwaid=1454. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/how-to-manage-muslim-body-covid-19-death/