Just wondering, because for Sikhs, it's not compulsory to bury or just to cremate, it's a personal preference. I'd like to be buried. Because the outcome is the same, the body is dead and the soul has departed the moment you breathe your last!
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Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
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Just wondering, because for Sikhs, it's not compulsory to bury or just to cremate, it's a personal preference. I'd like to be buried. Because the outcome is the same, the body is dead and the soul has departed the moment you breathe your last!
Yeah, but we believe in the afterlife, and we believe we will be resurrected, thus burial is better. I don't think in islam there is any option, since if i'm not mistaken during the Prophet PBUH's time the dead would be burried, thus if people were to do different it would be bringing innovations to the religion and creating their own shariah! "Bidd'a!" :rant:
Also here is what our good friend Dr zakir Naik has to say on this topic
BURYING BETTER THAN CREMATING DEAD BODIES
Question:
Why do Muslims bury dead bodies instead of cremating them, i.e. burning them?
Answer:
1. Components of human body present in the soil
Elements that are present in the human body are present in lesser or greater quantity in the soil. Hence it is more scientific to bury a dead body, as it easily gets decomposed and mixed in the soil.
2. No Pollution
Cremating (burning) the dead body leads to pollution of the atmosphere which is detrimental to health and harmful for the environment. There is no such pollution caused by burying a dead body.
3. Surrounding land becomes fertile
To cremate a dead body several trees have to be chopped, which reduces the greenery and harms the environment and the ecology. When dead bodies are buried, besides the trees being saved, the surrounding land becomes fertile and it improves the environment.
4. Economical
It is expensive to cremate a dead body when tons of wood have to be burned. Annually there is a loss of crores of rupees, only because dead bodies are cremated in India. Burying dead bodies is very cheap. It hardly costs any money.
5. Same land can be utilised for burying another body
The wood used for cremating a dead body cannot be reutilised for cremating another dead body since it gets converted to ashes. The land used for burying a dead body can be reutilised for burying another body after a few years since the human body gets decomposed and mixed in the soil.
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Cremation takes up no space of land whatsoever! But like i say, as a Sikh were allowed to be buried or cremated and my personal choice would be to be buried! And i'm glad i have the choice!
Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
What with my horrid flesh? Nah i don't think so lol
So do you believe in resurrection or anything similar to that?
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Cremation takes up no space of land whatsoever! But like i say, as a Sikh were allowed to be buried or cremated and my personal choice would be to be buried! And i'm glad i have the choice!
but it takes space to build up cremation...
however...if buried...you can still recycle the land
however...if buried...you can still recycle the land
Space? all you do here in the UK, is buy a coffin and then it's inserted into the furnace in a creamatoriunm (sp) and whoooooosh it's oveer and you emerge out in a pile of ash and a few bones!
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Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
I don't think in islam there is any option, since if i'm not mistaken during the Prophet PBUH's time the dead would be burried, thus if people were to do different it would be bringing innovations to the religion and creating their own shariah! "Bidd'a!"
Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
Ypu make it sound like its a good thing. Wouldn't it be better If God had told you what the best thing to do with your body is after you die? he created us so he knows best for us. I'm glad God guides us and doesn't leave it to ourselves to do what we think may be right/wrong/ or good/bad for us depending on what we desire
Make Dua for your Brothers and the Angels will make Dua for You!
Happy moments, Praise Allah
Difficult moments, Seek Allah
Quiet moments, Worship Allah
Painful moments, Trust Allah
Every moment, Thank Allah
If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it
It is not permissible to burn the body of the deceased after death
Question:
I am a recent convert to Islam. It was somewhat of a tradition in my family to get cremated. I always had that in my head that this was the best thing to do for the environment of the earth. Can you please tell me if this is allowed in Islam? Thank-you very much for your time.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
It must be noted that the teachings and laws of Islam came to honour people. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam” [al-Israa’ 17:70]
As the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the one who conveyed to us the laws of our Lord, he taught us what Allaah has prescribed concerning the dead, what we are permitted to do in their case and what we are not permitted to do. Hence the teachings of Islam are different from the teachings of other nations; they include treating the deceased with respect and in a manner that will benefit him. Allaah has prescribed for us that when a Muslim dies, we should wash him and cleanse him, then shroud him in a white cloth, then we should offer the funeral prayer for him and pray for mercy and forgiveness for him. Then after that we must bury him and cover him with earth, then we should visit the graves and pray for their Muslim occupants. It is not prescribed in Islam to burn or cremate the dead, rather this is an act of disrespect and dishonour. Islam forbids us to step, walk or sit on the grave of the deceased, so how could we burn him? Even non-Muslims are to be buried according to Islam, and this is what the Muslims do in the case of kuffaar who die in their countries, but the kuffaar are not buried with the Muslims in the same place. Some of the kuffaar may burn their dead because they do not believe in the Last Day. For this reason it is not permitted to burn the dead; rather it is obligatory to bury the dead. And Allaah knows best.
Ypu make it sound like its a good thing. Wouldn't it be better If God had told you what the best thing to do with your body is after you die? he created us so he knows best for us. I'm glad God guides us and doesn't leave it to ourselves to do what we think may be right/wrong/ or good/bad for us depending on what we desire
Why?
The body is a vessel for the soul for it's duration on earth! It doesn't matter what happens to the body once the soul has left.
Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
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