Literature burial in Birmingham

Serving the Birmingham community

Birmingham has around 340,000 Muslims — roughly 30% of the city's population — making it proportionally one of the most Muslim-populated major cities in the UK. Major masajid include Birmingham Central Mosque in Belgrave Middleway, Green Lane Masjid in Small Heath, Ghamkol Shareef in Golden Hillock Road, and the Darul Iftaa Birmingham (Birmingham Islamic Seminary), which is itself a widely-cited English-language fatwa authority.

Why Birmingham families use the service

Birmingham's long-established South Asian Muslim community — centred in neighbourhoods like Small Heath, Sparkbrook, Alum Rock, and Washwood Heath — has accumulated decades of household religious material. The city's dense madrasa network (over 60 Islamic supplementary schools) produces a steady volume of worn classroom Qurans, finished student workbooks, and used Qaidahs each academic year. Our madrasa guide covers the practicalities of clearing this material.

Local cemeteries and drop-off context

Handsworth Cemetery and Sutton New Hall both have Muslim sections and long-standing Islamic burial services. For literature burial specifically, however, most Birmingham families use postal services rather than drop-offs — local cemeteries here don't typically run dedicated literature burial plots.

How it works for Birmingham postcodes

1. Weigh your parcel at any Post Office, or at home.
2. See your price on the calculator — priced per kg, UK-wide, no surprises.
3. Pay and print the label — card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
4. Post from any Birmingham postcode — Royal Mail Tracked 48 by default, or drop at a local Post Office counter.
5. We handle the rest — receipt, logging, wrapping, and burial at a partnered Muslim cemetery.

Frequently asked questions — Birmingham

Is there a collection point for Islamic books in Birmingham?

Some individual mosques informally accept small quantities of old Qurans, but there is no permanent, scheduled drop-off point for literature burial in Birmingham. Our postal service fills this gap — parcels from any Birmingham postcode (B1–B98) are handled identically.

Our madrasa in Birmingham clears hundreds of books every year. Is there a bulk option?

Yes. For madrasas, Islamic schools, and masajid in Birmingham clearing larger volumes, we arrange pallet collection and discounted termly or annual pickup schemes. Contact us with your postcode and rough annual volume.

We follow a specific madhhab — is the burial done according to the classical method?

Items are wrapped and buried in clean earth at a partnered Muslim cemetery, following the classical method of dafn recognised across the four Sunni schools. Our main disposal guide explains the fiqh in full.

Recommended reading

If you're new to the service, these articles cover the most common questions:

• How to dispose of an old Quran respectfully in the UK
• Can you throw away Islamic books? What the scholars say
• Is it haram to burn an old Quran? The ruling explained
• Can you recycle old Qurans or Islamic books?
• Clearing a loved one's Islamic books after a death