Choice for place of burial?

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I think there might be something in Sikhi about this concept as this religion is attached to land. Reminds me Guru-Nanak's burial.

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Yes sentimental reasons are there. People want to be buried, where someone could visit their graves and offer fatiha. Though burial in ancestral graveyards doesn't automatically guarantee for accomplishment of this desire.

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My paternal ancestors requested to be buried in Pakistan post death. They had spent their early adolescence in India, youth in Pakistan, and late adulthood / senility in Holland. So why Pakistan? A sense of connection and origin with their homeland? Maybe. But it doesn't just end there.

The land which evokes your family's struggles and sacrifices, a place where other family members (including parents and siblings) are buried is usually taken into consideration when choosing a place of burial. Perhaps it has a lot to do with a deeply rooted sense of reunion.

As much as I hate to hear it, my father also prefers Pakistan (he only spent a decade of his life there). He justifies it by what I've said above, also explaining that the chances of having Surah Fatiha recited at your grave increases if you're buried in a land consisting of a Muslim majority.

Interesting thread by the way.

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I will leave this decision upon my love ones to decide. I can make a stupid wish of being buried next to my dad in Karachi, but if whole family is in USA at the time of my death, would it be wise for them to follow my wish? I dont think so. So let them decide, cause I have no idea where I will be when I die.

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I heard that there are some graveyards in Pakistan, which got graveyards and relatives of deceased can do online fateha through webcams.

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I remember one of our distant relative was kidnapped and killed by the kidnappers for not giving ransom. What they did with his body to bury it in jungle and let it known to his relatives, so that if they want to bury him in their own graveyard, they can get the body. This process of temporary burial was called 'Amaanat'. Till the time, his family reached place and made arrangement for transfer of the dead body, his family members kept on seeing that man in dreams, where he was asking them to expedite the matter as he was feeling lonely in jungle.

So the point is people do have desire to be buried in their homeland, but you are right that family of the deceased should have right to decide whether they are able to do that or not.

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I think that best use of dead body is to donate it in the hospital so that young doctors can study the body and can become better at their profession, and can save many more to come. God won't mind resurrecting such body as well. This is where I wish to end up :)

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Its easier said than done. If one got dil gurda to do that, family of the deceased might not accept the idea.

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I will say this to my children, then it is for them to decide, since I have no control over anything after death and secondly, hospital should find it useful then, they have certain standards for this

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Wadie Hussain...

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yes that got the facility. Its on Super-High way and not everyone got sources to go there on regular basis

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I should consider spot there…:hmmm: Technological friendly grave… 24 * 7 Fatiha…

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I don;t think they allow non-shia people there. If by chance, they allow, discuss the matter with your family.. They won’t be happy with this decision

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I think that best use of dead body is to donate it in the hospital so that young doctors can study the body and can become better at their profession, and can save many more to come. God won’t mind resurrecting such body as well. This is where I wish to end up :slight_smile:
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Kaur, if you have not, read the book called “Stiff: The curious lives of human cadavers” by Mary Roach. It’s definitely amongst some of the best non fiction books I ever read. You will grow respect for the people who donate their bodies, and how these bodies add value to so many aspects of our life, and where all these donations are used and much more.

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Here is the link to online copy of the book.

Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers | Mary Roach | digital library BookOS

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Dang it. I did not know about this site. I paid about 20 dollars to buy from itune book store.

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Next time, book khareedne se pehle rujoo karen :hehe:

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Thanks, TLK, this is what I call recommending a book. Will buy it today

Thanks, but I generally buy book, I learnt it from pundas of my family, that best way to respect a writer is to buy their books, it cost just Rs 721 in India :slight_smile:

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I would have purchased it from Liberty, but 700 rupe ka to mera petrol hi kharch ho jata :hehe:

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In India, we can buy online, even things as big as refrigerators too. Two best sites for books are Flipkart and Amazon, so one need not to go anywhere, they will bring to my doorstep :slight_smile: