Question:
I heard that if a person’s lower teeth are broken then the teeth should be buried but if the upper teeth are broken then it should be put on a high place like a roof top, etc is this true?
Answer:
We have not come across any authentic source regarding the burying of the lower teeth and placing the upper teeth that has been extracted on a high place, but according to the Jurists any part of a human that becomes separated must be buried. (Al-Mughni li Ibni Qudamah, Vol. 1, Page 89, Kitaabul Majmoo’, Vol. 5, Page 213, Fataawaa Aalamgeeriyyah, Vol. 5, Page 358)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Hamza Karim bin Nazeer Hussain
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
11 May 2004
20 Rabee’ul Awwal 1425