Is it permissible to relocate the remains from the Jamalullail Family Mausoleum in Limbong, Kedah?

Summary

In the Shafi'i school, exhuming and moving a buried body is originally prohibited, but it is permitted in certain cases due to necessity or need. The Kedah State Fatwa Committee ruled that relocating the remains from this mausoleum is permissible in order to preserve the dignity of the tomb, which stands on privately owned land. The applicant bears the cost, the work must be done respectfully and carefully with light tools, intact bodies are reburied separately, bone fragments are gathered and reburied in one grave wrapped in white cloth, and the process is supervised by the Kedah Islamic Religious Council and the Perlis religious authorities.

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