The Ruling on Building over Graves
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Q199: The questioner from the Prophet’s City says in his question: What is the ruling on building over graves?
A199: Building over graves is forbidden; because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as building domes or shrines over them, or building mosques over them, for this is a means to shirk, and it is from the practice of the Jews and the Christians,
and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that, saying: And when some of his wives mentioned to him what they had seen in the land of Abyssinia of churches, and what was in them of images and statues, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 434 .
A199: Building over graves is forbidden; because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as building domes or shrines over them, or building mosques over them, for this is a means to shirk, and it is from the practice of the Jews and the Christians,
and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that, saying:
Indeed, those who came before you used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous people, so do not take them as mosques, for I forbid you from that.
إن من كان قبلكم كانوا يتخذون قبور أنبيائهم وصالحيهم ألا فلا تتخذوها مساجد فإني أنهاكم عن ذلكIf any righteous pious man dies amongst them, they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it; they are the worst creatures in the sight of Allah.
"أولئك إذا مات فيهم الرجل الصالح أو العبد الصالح بنوا على قبره مسجدًا وصوروا فيه تلك الصور أولئك شرار الخلق عند الله
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