It is quite common for older desi people to want to be buried back home in pakistan even though they lived most of their adult lives in the west.
I was talking to a doctor friend of mine and he told me that in order to transport a body abroad by plane, the body has to go through quite a bit. I found out the process:
The body has to be embalmed this means that incisions are made on the body of the deceased . The blood is then removed from the body replaced with a formaldehyde based fluid. The embalming fluid is traditionally made from formaldehyde (5 to 29 percent), methanol, ethanol (9 to 56) and other solvents. Hence, the fluid is made up of impure substances which go with the deceased into the grave.
I have read that islamically, the dead person feels the pain and the body should be treated with respect. Also, it is from the sunnah of the prophet to bury the deceased as soon as you can. Also putting alcohol based products into the body cant be right.
I dont think this issue has be raised on GS so I thought I would share.
Yes, that's the way they do it. Otherwise the body would get deformed during the travel.
Therefore they use these liquids. I personally think it's better to be put to rest immediately (wherever you are) rather than sending the body there. But that's just my personal opinion.
Yes my friends body was treated like that with akaline solutions and Formaldehyde before being sent home from US to Pakistan. The Formaldehyde preserves the tissues and keeps them hardened so as to prevent any damage by air bacteria or blood accumulation at high altitudes, at least thats what the medical people say.
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Its clear from hadees and sunnah that deceased should be burried ASAP, and preferably where the person died.
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Not to take a position on either side of the argument, at this early point, I am just curious, what medical technologies were available at that time to transport dead bodies, anyway? I would imagine replacing blood with formaldihyde etc was not there, and, at best, slabs of ice may be used to preserve a dead body. Is that it?
I guess the transportation of dead people over long distances (by plane especially) is a relatively new phenomena.
Back in the days you were probably buried near to your place of death which was probably near to you family home for most people as most people were not able to travel great distances.
Only one arguement here...If there is no muslim graveyard in the vicinity...A muslim should not be burried in a Non-Muslim grave yard...as there is no "barakat" in that....it is better to send the dead body back then...
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Only one arguement here...If there is no muslim graveyard in the vicinity...A muslim should not be burried in a Non-Muslim grave yard...as there is no *"barakat"** in that....it is better to send the dead body back then...
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Barakaat ??
Sahaba Kraam (companions) and tabaeen went to all far away places to spread the message of Islam ..India, Persia,China, Africa and as far as Indonesia. They never had any problem of 'Barakaat'.
There is atleast one grave of sahabi in china ( i do not remember exactly) At that time hardly any muslim were present in china.
It is really the Aamaal of person (sadqa-e jaria) which cause 'Baraakat'. Not the neighborhood of graveyard.
Anyway you still want to take the dead body to home, it is not disallowed but it is certainly prefered to burry the dead ASAP. The longer the delay causes pain for dead person as according to hadees
i think it depends on the case...i mean...if someone really had a strong wish to be buried in Pakistan...some people want to be buried with their family members...some want to be buried in their ancestral graveyards...most probably in their villages...
hmmm...
i was not aware of this medical procedure...and that they have to make incisions into the body and replace the blood by formaldehyde..
One thing hit me about this topic today - i think it was after seeing the SE Asian floods.
What if you were on holiday thousands of miles away from home and sadly died in an accident etc.
If you were buried in this foreign place, no relatives to make dua or visitors to ask forgiveness for you, a place where you just happened to be for a few days turning into your final resting place - no one would remember you.