Imam Shirazi Center gets approval from Canadian authorities to bury and shroud COVID-19 victims in accordance with Islamic law

With the efforts of the representative of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Husseini al-Shirazi and the director of Imam al-Shirazi International Center in Canada, Sheikh Saleh Sibawei, the center obtained the approval of

With the efforts of the representative of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Husseini al-Shirazi and the director of Imam al-Shirazi International Center in Canada, Sheikh Saleh Sibawei, the center obtained the approval of the Canadian authorities to bury and shroud COVID-19 victims in accordance with Islamic law.

Shiawaves’ Canada correspondent said that the center organized a campaign in the presence of some Muslim and Jewish associations to demand the Canadian government to prevent cremation of the dead COVID-19 bodies. Tens of thousands of signatures were collected, resulting in the government’s approval not to cremate the body and bury them according to Islamic law.

He added that, following the decision, Muslims are allowed to prepare, shroud and bury the dead according to the teachings of Islamic law, stressing that the Imam Al-Shirazi Center has taken upon itself the responsibility of carrying out these rites.

It is noteworthy that the center’s campaign to prevent the burning of the corpses of COVID-19 victims was launched following the directives of the Shirazi Religious Authority on the necessity of preparing and burying the dead of the deceased Muslims according to the Islamic way.