Color me confused. Burial at sea is custom for the Muslim faithful? Do they have water taxis? Are there thousands of sea based burials daily? How did it become a custom in land locked countries to perform burials at sea? Who owns the transportation/livery service to the deep water ports? I have many questions.
“623. If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land. Otherwise, after giving Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan and Namaz-e-Mayyit it should be lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet. And as far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators. “