From where should the expenses of transportation to a Muslim country and burial come, if it is not possible…

Question

From where should the expenses of transportation to a Muslim country and burial come, if it is not possible to bury a Muslim in the city in which he died because there is no Muslim graveyard? Should these expenses come from the estate of the deceased before dividing it amongst the heirs? Or from the one-third [of the estate] if he has specified that? Or from other sources?

Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani · Accepted Answer

The expenses of burying a dead body in a place appropriate for it comes from the estate [before its distribution among the heirs] if he did not make a will specifying that it be taken from the one-third. Otherwise [if he made a will regarding the one-third], it should come out of it.

From where should the expenses of transportation to a Muslim country and burial come, if it is not possible…

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