Medical Issues: Can Muslim or Non-Muslim Graves Be Exhumed for Medical Training?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Can Muslim or Non-Muslim Graves Be Exhumed for Medical Training?

English:

Question #1277:

Is it permissible to dig the graves of Muslims or non-Muslims in order to exhume the bones for training purposes in the school of medicine?

Answer #1277:

As to the graves of Muslims it is not permissible to do so unless there is a pressing need for the bones for medical purposes and it is impossible to obtain such bones from the graves of non-Muslims.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues