FatwaNationalFunerals & Death
Mayat Disimpan Lama Atau Dikorek Semula Untuk Dijadikan Sebagai Bahan Kes Dalam Mahkamah
Is it permissible to keep a corpse for a long time or exhume it to be used as evidence in a court case?
Short answer
The 49th National Fatwa Committee Muzakarah (2000) ruled that burial must be hastened and that deliberately delaying it is forbidden.
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
The 49th National Fatwa Committee Muzakarah (2000) ruled that burial must be hastened and that deliberately delaying it is forbidden. Investigators in death cases must also expedite their inquiries, and delaying them so that burial is postponed is likewise forbidden. However, keeping or exhuming a body for use as court evidence for the public interest is permissible.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Pengkebumian mayat hendaklah disegerakan. Perbuatan sengaja melambat-lambatkan pengkebumian adalah haram.
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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). “Mayat Disimpan Lama Atau Dikorek Semula Untuk Dijadikan Sebagai Bahan Kes Dalam Mahkamah”, 19 September 2000. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#mayat-disimpan-lama-atau-dikorek-semula-untuk-dijadikan-sebagai-bahan-kes-dalam-mahkamah. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/keeping-or-exhuming-corpse-as-court-evidence/