RE: Osama may be dead.
May 2, 2011 at 2:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2011 at 2:30 pm by Rayaan.)
(May 2, 2011 at 1:33 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Is there a Muslim tradition that the body must be buried in 24 hours?
Although a dead person should be buried as soon as possible, there's no 24-hour limit for the burial, as far as I know.
What are the Islamic Burial Traditions?
Secondly, the most common method is for the body to be buried deep under the soil (in a cemetery). Sea burials are rarely practiced, because this is done only if the person dies on a ship. So, it's clear that Osama bin Laden's burial was not done according to the Islamic manner as Obama claims it to be (edit: and I'm sure that it doesn't really matter to the US on how a terrorist gets buried).
See this for more info: Islamic scholars criticize bin Laden's sea burial