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layout: post
title: "Ruling On Burying Non-Sunnis With Sunnis In The Same Graveyard"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Majmu' Fatawa Wa Rasa'il 17/215"
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 22, 1444 AH
lang: en
note: false
category: [funerals]
excerpt: "If the innovator is a disbeliever because of his bid'ah, then it is not permissible to bury him in the Muslim graveyard, because the kafir should be buried separately from the Muslims."
muftis:
  shaykh: 
    - name: Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
      url: /biography/uthaymeen/
---

Question: 

What is the ruling on burying Non-Sunnis with Sunnis (Ahlus-Sunnah) in the same graveyard?

Answer: 

If the innovator is a kafir (disbeliever) because of his bid'ah (religious innovation), then it is not permissible to bury him in the Muslim graveyard, because the kafir should be buried separately from the Muslims. But if he was not a kafir because of his bid’ah, then there is nothing wrong with burying him with the Muslims.