Q: we have a serious issue at our burial committee. There is a brother that was in prison. He just got out 2 yrs after his mother died. He wants to move the body to his state. This would require the dead to be transported to another satate. Can this be done? It is also very costly. can we give him zakah money to help the situation. Please answer quickly. (text)

A: Such a removal of the dead as depicted by you is not permissible. (Shaami volume 1, see page 602.) {Borrowed copy} Doing so would constitute a sin.

Your zakah for such a purpose would not be valid.

Allah certainly Knows Best.