There’s a Muslim belief that a corpse must be buried on the same day he died. What happens if the body is not buried on the same day?
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There’s a Muslim belief that a corpse must be buried on the same day he died. What happens if the body is not buried on the same day?
In Islam, the dead are buried on the same day they die except when the person dies at night because it is wrong to bury the dead at night in Islam. Leaving a corpse for long before burying is another way of suffering the dead and increasing the pains of their loved ones because the more they see their loved one lying lifelessly, the more they feel bad.
It is not stated anywhere that a corpse must be buried within 24hrs. But, it must be buried soon after the death so that it may not get stinky or pale. Muslims wash the dead body and wrap it in a fresh piece of white cloth and then they bury the corpse in the earth. So, it is a matter of respect and taking care of the dead body. Secondly, it is permissible in Islam to delay the burial for some time under unusual circumstances like a post-mortem, or expecting the arrival of a family member from another country, or if the body is to be sent to another country and so forth.