Does burying a child with the deceased alleviate the torment of the grave for them, or does it have any merit?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
It has been previously established that the Islamic legal tradition dictates burying each deceased individual in a separate grave, and it is not permissible to exhume a grave to bury another person with them. Furthermore, it is disliked to bury two deceased individuals together in one grave if they died simultaneously. Therefore, the statement that burying a child with the deceased alleviates the torment of the grave for them is incorrect, as it contradicts the Shari'a.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/16890
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 16890
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy