Purity: Are Decades-Old Human Bones Najis and Permissible to Touch?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Are Decades-Old Human Bones Najis and Permissible to Touch?
English:
Question #228:
While digging a canal in a public square, formerly a cemetery, a bone belonging to a corpse buried forty to fifty years ago is found. Is there anything wrong in touching such bones for the purpose of viewing them? Are the bones najis?
Answer #228:
The bone of a Muslim corpse that has been given ghusl is not najis, though it is obligatory to bury it again under the ground.