Exhumation

648. It is Haraam to open the grave of a Muslim even if it belongs to a child or an insane person. However, there is no objection in doing so if the dead body has decayed and turned into dust.

649. Digging up or destroying the graves of the descendants of Imams, the martyrs, the Ulama (scholars) and the pious persons is Haraam, even if they are very old.

650. Digging up the grave is not forbidden in the following nine cases, rather it is obligatory in a few cases: