- Burying them with honour
- Mutilating or disfiguring corpses
- Counting and registering the dead
- Returning personal effects to families
The correct answer is “Mutilating or disfiguring corpses.” Islamic law strictly prohibits the mutilation of corpses, whether of humans or animals. This prohibition is based on the teachings and practice of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who forbade mutilation even in the fiercest battles. This rule is intended to maintain human dignity even after death and to prevent the descent into barbarism and excessive cruelty that characterized pre-Islamic warfare. Burying the dead with honor, as the Prophet did for the enemy dead after the Battle of Uhud, is the recommended practice. Counting the dead for strategic purposes and returning personal effects to families are not forbidden acts. The ban on mutilation underscores the Islamic principle of respecting the sanctity of the human body and maintaining ethical conduct even towards an enemy.
