Rules Concerning Graveyards: Selling Land Proven to Be a Burial Ground After Discovery of Human Remains
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Rules Concerning Graveyards: Selling Land Proven to Be a Burial Ground After Discovery of Human Remains
English:
Question #2098:
A piece of land has been a burial ground since a century ago. A few years ago, excavations in the land revealed the ashes and bones of the dead. Is it permissible for the Council to sell this land?
Answer #2098:
It is not permissible to either sell or buy the land if the cemetery was endowed. However, if the excavations lead to exhuming the bodies of the dead, this is also ḥarām.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Rules Concerning Graveyards