Is burying the deceased obligatory for all residents of the neighborhood?
Burying the deceased is an obligation by consensus (Ijma'), and it is a communal obligation (fard al-kifaya). If some Muslims perform it, the sin is lifted from the rest; otherwise, all of them would be sinful.
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