Cremation or Burial ?

I have not heard a mentioning of any prophet being cremated in Qur’an or Bible. Whose custom are those cremated following ?

The cremation is defined in wikipedia as below:

 “Cremation is the process of reducing human remains to basic elements in the form of bone fragments through flame, heat, and vaporization. Contrary to popular belief, the cremated remains are not ashes in the usual sense, but rather dried bone fragments that have been pulverized in a device called an electric cremated remains processor. This leaves the bone in a fine sand like texture and colour, able to be scattered without any foreign matter.”

The cremation process has been quite popular in the western society recently. I can’t understand how some Christians  follow this process either. This process is not carried out in islamic communities. I will explain the reasons as much as I can think of here from a muslim man’s point of view. Here it goes:

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