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What should be done to an extracted tooth?

Published as Burying an umbilical cord stump, extracted tooth, pubic hair and nails

· 1 Rabiʻ II 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

1. What should be done with the umbilical cord stump (clamp) after it gets detached from the baby?

2. What should be done to an extracted tooth?

3. How can the underarm hairs/ pubic hairs be disposed of? Can it be flushed through the toilet basin?

4. Can we despose of the nails through hand wash basin?

Answer

1. It must be buried.

2. Bury it.

3. This should also be buried.

4. Also bury it.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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