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Underground Vertical Cemetery

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Assalaamu ‘Alaikum.
My final project is designing an underground vertical cemetery (I can share further detailed If needed). The cemetery are stacked vertically downward. On the surface right above the cemeteries, we placed a pool so people can’t directly step above it. We make sure the burying method are following the Islamic rulings. Is it permissible to design such cemetery in the context of urbanization and land shortages? Is there any prohibition that we need to pay attention to ?
Thank you!

Answer

Wa’alaykum as Salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

It will be permissible for you to design such cemeteries due to urbanization and land shortages.

And Allaah Ta’aala knows best

Wassalaam,

Ismail Moosa (Mufti)

This answer was collected from Fatwaa.com which is an excellent Q&A site managed by Mufti Ismail Moosa from South Africa. .