What is the ruling regarding exhumation if there is fear the body will decompose?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Funerals

Book 7 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

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Exhumation is abandoned if there is a fear that the body will decompose or fall apart upon being disturbed. This ruling applies to cases where the deceased was buried without ghusl or away from the Qiblah.