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What is the ruling regarding delaying the ghusl and burial of a deceased person?

Published as Delaying the ghusal of the deceased

· 2 Rabiʻ I 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

What is the ruling regarding delaying the ghusl and burial of a deceased person?

If a person dies at night or in the evening and it is possible to wash him/her that very day but burial can only be done the next day due to restrictions from the cemetery, is it better to wash him/her today or delay the washing till the morning of the day on which the burial will take place?

Can there be a time gap between washing and burying?

Answer

Do the ghusl and washing immediately.

The time gap does not invalidate the washing.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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