Purity: Can Villagers Restrict Burials in a Public Non-Endowed Graveyard?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Can Villagers Restrict Burials in a Public Non-Endowed Graveyard?
English:
Question #233:
In a village there is a graveyard that is neither the private property of anyone nor an endowment. Is it permissible for the inhabitants of the village to prevent the dead from the city or other villages, or someone who has willed to be buried there, from being buried in it?
Answer #233:
If the public graveyard in the village is neither the private property of anyone nor an endowment for the specific use of the villagers, they are not allowed to prevent others from burying their dead in it. And if anyone makes a will to be buried there, it is obligatory to act according to this will.