Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, said: “If a Dhimmi woman (non-Muslim under Islamic protection) dies while pregnant with the child of a Muslim, she is buried in the Muslim cemetery due to the sanctity of her unborn child, who is attributed to the Muslim father. Her body should be positioned in the grave with her back facing the Qiblah so that the face of the unborn child is directed toward the Qiblah, as the fetus in the mother's womb faces her back.