Saudi Arabia has confirmed that at least 1,300 people died during this year’s pilgrimage to Islam’s holy sites, which took place during a period of intense heat.
With temperatures soaring to more than 50 degrees Celsius during the 5-day event which ended last Wednesday, sources said the cause of death in most cases was heat-related.
When it released its first official death toll on Sunday, the Saudi government said that 83 per cent of those who died were unauthorised to perform the Hajj.
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Burying of the Muslim while on Hajj
It should not be uncovered, rather his entire body should be covered, unless he is a muhrim (in ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah), in which case his face and head should be uncovered, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said concerning a muhrim who died in ‘Arafah: “Do not cover his head, for he will be raised on the Day of Resurrection reciting the Talbiyah.” Agreed upon. According to a version narrated by Muslim: “Do not cover his head or his face, for he will be raised on the Day of Resurrection reciting the Talbiyah.”
And he also said:
It is not permissible to uncover the face of the deceased, whether a man or a woman, once he or she has been placed in the lahd (niche in the grave), rather it must be covered with the shroud, unless the deceased was in ihram, in which case neither the head nor the face should be covered. But if the deceased is a woman than her face should be covered with the shroud even if she was in ihram, because it is ‘awrah.
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