EXHUMATION


Meaning of EXHUMATION in English

Disinterment. Act of removing a dead body from a grave or tomb.

Useful infromation: It is haraam to open the grave of a Muslim even if it belongs to a child or an insane person. However, there is no objection in doing so if the dead body has decayed and turned into dust.

Digging up or destroying the graves of the descendants of Imams, the martyrs, the Ulama and the pious persons is Haraam, even if they are very old, because it amounts to desecration.

Advanced Islamic English dictionary.      Расширенный исламский словарь английского языка.