Ruling on burying the dead inside mosques
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Q179: The questioner asks: What is the ruling on burying the dead inside mosques?
A179: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited this matter and warned against it with the utmost warning, because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). When a person is buried in a mosque, people believe that he is a wali (close friend of Allah) and that he can benefit and harm. So they circumambulate his grave, call upon him for aid, and slaughter animals and make vows to him, as is the case today. Therefore, it is not permissible to bury a dead person in a mosque, nor is it permissible to build a mosque over a grave. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against all of this and cursed whoever does it. This is the practice of the Jews and the Christians, and we are forbidden from imitating them. This is one aspect. The second aspect is that this is a means to shirk, and whatever is a means to shirk is prohibited.
A179: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited this matter and warned against it with the utmost warning, because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). When a person is buried in a mosque, people believe that he is a wali (close friend of Allah) and that he can benefit and harm. So they circumambulate his grave, call upon him for aid, and slaughter animals and make vows to him, as is the case today. Therefore, it is not permissible to bury a dead person in a mosque, nor is it permissible to build a mosque over a grave. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against all of this and cursed whoever does it. This is the practice of the Jews and the Christians, and we are forbidden from imitating them. This is one aspect. The second aspect is that this is a means to shirk, and whatever is a means to shirk is prohibited.
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