Is there evidence in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Those who prevailed in their affair said: We will surely build over them a mosque” that imitating the Christians is forbidden?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: In the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic) regarding the story of the People of the Cave,[Al-Kahf 18:21], does that indicate the prohibition of imitating the Christians?
Answer:
There is no doubt. Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, in his book al-Tawhid, when he reached the chapter on exaggeration regarding the graves of the righteous, mentioned this verse[Al-Kahf 18:21] to use it as evidence that building mosques over graves is from the practice of the disbelievers of old. Therefore, it is not permissible to build over graves, because this is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: In the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic) regarding the story of the People of the Cave,
Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."
قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًاAnswer:
There is no doubt. Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, in his book al-Tawhid, when he reached the chapter on exaggeration regarding the graves of the righteous, mentioned this verse
Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."
قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [120] هل في قوله ﷻ:﴿قال الذين غلبوا على أمْرهم لنتخذن عليْهم مسْجدا﴾ دليل على تحريم التشبه بالنصارى؟ — youtube.com
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