Is it permissible to establish a forensic medicine museum that includes rare and educationally significant samples and parts from deceased individuals, while preserving the dignity of the deceased by concealing their 'awrah (private parts) and facial images?
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It is not permissible to keep severed human body parts; rather, they must be buried due to the sanctity of the human being and to protect their parts from desecration. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Breaking the bone of a dead person is like breaking it when he was alive."
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