Using a Usurped Shroud
Issue No.548- The shroud must not be a usurped one, even if nothing else but a usurped one is available. If a usurped shroud is used and the owner does not allow it, it should be removed even if the body has already been buried, and this is the responsibility of the person who has done so. Moreover, it is not permissible to give a shroud made of hide or skin of a dead animal or of a najis thing. As an obligatory precaution, the shroud should not be made of pure silk, woven of gold, or of the wool and fur of a haram meat animal unless there is no other.
