Can the lender revoke the loan of land designated for burial?

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Al-Mughni

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Book 21 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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The lender may revoke the loan of land designated for burial until the deceased has been interred. Once the burial has occurred, revocation is impermissible unless the body has decomposed (bladah al-mayyit).