Are items worn or attached to the deceased, such as jewelry, to be removed?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Funerals

Book 7 · Issue 5 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the deceased has a ring in their finger or an earring in their ear, it must be taken. If removal is difficult, the body is to be cooled down first, and then the item is taken, as leaving it constitutes the waste of property.