After moving the deceased who was buried as a deposit to the designated burial site, should they be buried in their coffin or taken out to be buried directly in the ground?
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him):
It is permissible to remove the coffin of the deceased buried in a wooden box underground for transportation to be buried in their homeland, as long as it does not constitute exhumation, which is the uncovering of the deceased's body after it has been concealed by burial.
Source: Fiqh al-Wali: Rulings on the Burial of the Deceased.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him):
It is forbidden to uncover the body and remove it from the coffin; thus, it must be buried while remaining in that coffin.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Burial, Article 325
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