Issue No.591- It is not permitted to scratch one’s face or body and hurt oneself for the death of someone. Also, it is not permissible to tear one’s clothes on the death of anyone except on the death of one’s father and brother.
Issue No.593- The obligatory precaution is that while weeping over the death of any person, one’s voice should not be very loud.
Issue No.598- There is no problem in digging up a grave if one is sure that the dead body has decayed and turned into dust. However, digging up the graves of the descendants of the Holy Imams (as), the martyrs, the religious scholars and the pious persons is not allowed even though they may have been buried long ago.
Issue No.600- When the deceased has willed that his body be buried in a certain place, but it is buried elsewhere, it is not permissible to dig up the grave to transfer the dead body to the place he had willed.
Issue No.601- When the deceased has willed that after the burial, his grave should be exhumed and his body be transferred to a sacred place or elsewhere, acting upon this will is not permissible as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No.604- The abovementioned rule applies to those who have been killed in the battlefield, i.e., they have died before the Muslims reach them. However, if the Muslims reach them while they are still alive or they are moved out of the battlefield and taken to a hospital or elsewhere and then they die, although they have the reward of the martyrs, the abovementioned ruling will not apply.
Issue No.605- In modern wars in which the battlefields are vast, sometimes extending up to several miles, and enemy bullets and suchlike are reaching an immense distance, all of those areas where soldiers gather are considered as the battlefield. However, if the enemy kills people by bombarding them away from the war fronts, the abovementioned rules will not apply to them.
Issue No.606- If for some reason a martyr’s body is found nude, it should be shrouded and buried without ghusl.
Issue No.613- If a person happens to be in a populated area, he should make his best efforts to acquire water for wuḍū or ghusl until he loses hope in being able to do so. And if he happens to be in an unpopulated area that is hard to cover, like if it is mountainous, or the land is uneven, or densely wooded, he should search for water in all the four directions to the extent of one arrow fling [1]. If the land is flat and no aforementioned obstacles are there, one should search for water within the distances covered by two flings of arrows. However, it is not necessary for a person to search for water in the direction about which he is sure water is not available. If among the four directions, some are even while others are uneven, the rule of each direction should be observed separately.
Issue No.614- If the time left for prayer is not short, and he is certain that water is available farther than the aforementioned distance, he should go there to acquire water, provided that it does not involve extreme difficulty. However if he doubts whether or not there is water there, it is likely that it isn’t necessary for him to go to that place.
Issue No.615- One can send a reliable person in search of water, and it is sufficient if one person goes on behalf of many.
Issue No.622- If there is water in a well and a person, on account of weakness or lack of means, has no access to water, he should perform tayammum. The same order applies if the trouble to acquire water is usually considered to be unbearable.
