The Ruling on Digging Up the Graves of Polytheists to Build Mosques
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on exhuming the graves of polytheists to build mosques and da'wah (calling to Islam) offices?
Answer:
Exhuming graves is not to be undertaken except with a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) from the official authority. Graves are not to be disturbed, whether they are the graves of polytheists or others, except with an official fatwa from the competent authority.
The presenter:
May Allah be with you.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on exhuming the graves of polytheists to build mosques and da'wah (calling to Islam) offices?
Answer:
Exhuming graves is not to be undertaken except with a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) from the official authority. Graves are not to be disturbed, whether they are the graves of polytheists or others, except with an official fatwa from the competent authority.
The presenter:
May Allah be with you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 31/8 شرح كتاب التوحيد / الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:05:35)
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