A believer died in the West and their will directs that their body should be transported for burial to their native country. However, the deceased’s relatives are surprised to encounter strict rules and procedures for transporting bodies, such as withdrawing the blood and replacing it with preservative/embalming chemicals and repeatedly exposing the body to the opposite gender. In addition, the procedures are lengthy and can take approximately two weeks until the body is finally buried. In such a case, should the will be executed, especially since the country where the person died has cemeteries for Muslims and designated places where the deceased’s relatives and the rest of the community of believers are already buried?
Withdrawing blood from the deceased and similar procedures are not permissible. Therefore, the will’s directive to transfer the body to the native country is not valid (i.e., not executable) if it requires such prohibited procedures.