It is permissible to bury a Muslim in a non-Muslim graveyard in a non-Muslim country if it is necessary to do so.
Burial in non-Muslim graveyards
Question: 1827
What is the ruling about burying a
Muslim in a non-Muslim graveyard, when it is not permitted to bury anyone outside the
designated graveyards and there are no cemeteries just for Muslims in most parts of the
U.S. and Europe?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah.
Source:
Majma’ al-Fiqh al-Islami (Islamic Fiqh Council), p.43
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