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Contributing towards the burial of a non-Muslim child

· 27 Rabiʻ I 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can one contribute to the burial of a minor non-Muslim child considering that all children are born Muslims?

Answer

A child born to non-Muslim parents will be treated as a non-Muslim (unless the child is of the age of understanding and proclaims Imaan). Hence when a Muslim knows that the burial of this non Muslim child will take place in an un-Islamic manner, then one should not donate and contribute to this cause.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

مطلب الولد يتبع خير الأبوين دينا قوله ( والولد يتبع خير الأبوين دينا ) هذا يتصور من الطرفين في الإسلام العارض بأن كانا كافرين فأسلم أو أسلمت ثم جاءت بولد قبل العرض على الآخر والتفريق أو بعده في مدة يثبت النسب في مثلها أو كان بينهما ولد صغير قبل إسلام أحدهما فإنه بإسلام أحدهما يصير الولد مسلما وأما في الإسلام الأصلي فلا يتصور إلا أن تكون الأم كتابية والأب مسلما فتح ونهر (رد المحتار 3/196)

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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