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1. Again, its not under Islamic law. If he died as a Martyr he would not have been washed. He would actually have been buried in the same clothes he died in. Even if there was blood on it, he would be buried in same attire that he died in.
Source:
"The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, gathered together in one cloth two men out of those who were killed in (the battle of) Uhud. Then he asked, "Which of them knew more of the Qur'an"? When one of them was pointed out to him, he gave him precedence in the lahd, and said, "I shall be a witness of these on the Day of Resurrection". And he commanded that they should be buried with their blood (on them) and they were not washed, nor was a burial service held over them. 16 (B. 23 : 73.)"
Another fatal error the government keeps claiming to be truth when in reality is false. So they once again crush the true custom of burying a Martyr or simply burying any Muslim at all.
2. Hadith Chapter 15 has not a single line about anything having to do with 24 hours. If I am mistaken please find it. Nor is there a hadith or verse that states anything about burying a Martyr apart from the one I just showed you and a couple others which completely contradict the burial of Osama because he was not suppose to be washed nor was he suppose to be given a burial service like he was. And he also was suppose to be buried with the clothes he died in. His body was not suppose to be messed with. So again, contradiction on a massive scale.
3. When a Martyr dies, he is suppose to be buried in the site where he died or near it. Another contradiction.
4. According to Sharia law, if the person is not buried near or on the site of death and if he is not buried in the attire he died in. It is NOT A BURIAL FOR A MARTYR. And if a person is not buried with his head facing Mecca, it is not a Islamic burial at all. And if a person dies on land, and is taken out to sea to be buried, it not only not a burial for a martyr but its not a Islamic burial at all. So why does the media keep dubbing this as "Burial according to Islamic tradition" when it clearly isn't in any way???
5. Read your own sources because Hadith Chapter 5 has nothing to do with 24 hour limits of the burial of a martyr. And the little info we do see on the burial of a martyr contradicts the burial of Osama Bin Laden. People that died as maryrs were buried as quickly as normal people because of decaying of the body. No other reason but that.
6. A martyr is not only a person that dies in war. A martyr is anyone who dies according to Quran. A woman that dies giving birth to a child is a martyr, a man that dies trying to save another person's life is a martyr, a person who dies while walking to donate to charity is a martyr, a person who dies defending another person, a person who dies in prayer, etc. But we all know that if a person dies defending another person, with no suspect, he will have his body examined and autopsy done to help solve the case.
7. You mean to tell me that Osama gets to have a 24 hour burial because "he died as a martyr" yet Al Zarqawi doesn't? And where is the logic in that exactly? They were killed in the same fashion except that one was bombed, other was shot. Why weren't both buried as quickly? Why was Abu Musab Al Zarqawi given an autopsy while Bin Laden was just thrown into the sea???? Al Zarqawi also played the key role in Iraqi violence in 2006/07, he was the most feared militant leader in Iraq. Yet the U.S. government didn't really care what thousands of his followers thought after images of his body were released IMMEDIATELY (While his body was still in custody of U.S.) and he was given an autopsy days later before being handed over to his family??? Zarqawi was a bigger threat then than Bin Laden is today.
Again, nobody is complaining about Zarqawi's death. Images were thrown around all over the world of his head busted up while his body was still in custody. That is exactly the same that should have happened in this case but like I said, its too late now because his body is supposable being eaten by sharks.
The truth is that this has nothing to do with "Islamic tradition" or "Islamic law". His burial is actually anti-Islamic law in every respect. I have already pointed out why. The 24 hour theory is made up and there is nothing in Sharia law or Sunnah or Hadith about having to bury a dead person in 24 hours. Quick burial was custom in Arabia not because of Islamic law but because the body would begin to decay and smell and pose a danger for the people around it had it stayed. Not only Muslims had to bury their dead quickly to avoid this scenario but Christians, Jews, Atheists, etc. It was something that had to be done in the past. There was no such thing as storage rooms like today. It was a show of respect and awareness to quickly get rid of the body before it starts to rot and it offends relatives. THIS IS NOT ISLAMIC LAW, IT WAS A CUSTOM FOLLOWED BY THE WORLD HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO! Its like saying "Muslims believe that every person should ride horses/camels only opposed to cars because that is what they did 1,400 years ago!", no that was then and this is now, 2011. If there is no 24 hour window in Islamic law, it is false.
After all this time, there still is not a single verse, or piece of information from Islamic text indicating or confirming the 24 hour rule. If I am wrong, its as easy as copy/paste that verse of information. Please keep trying. Thank you. Good luck..
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