We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, who replied as follows:
It is not permitted, and this woman should not be listened to. He should not be buried anywhere except with the Muslims (in the Muslim graveyard).
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6,73627/Safar/1420 , 11/June/1999
Christian wife is insisting that her Muslim husband be buried in a Christian graveyard
Question: 4824
Is it permissible for a muslim to burry
another muslim in a christian graveyard because the wife of the deceased is a christian
and is insisting on it?
JazakUm Allah Khair
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah.
Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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