Is it permissible to pray in a residence located within a cemetery if the caretaker and his family live there?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned in your book *Al-Mukhtasar al-Fiqhi* that praying in the courtyard of a cemetery is not permissible. The question is about the person who lives in the cemetery, the caretaker and his family, or workers who have a residence inside the courtyard,
Answer:
inside the wall of the cemetery. Praying the obligatory prayer inside the wall of the cemetery is not permissible. Based on this, the old Riyadh cemetery, which is the 'Ud cemetery, had a residence inside the cemetery. During the lifetime of Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), he ordered the Permanent Committee to have a wall built between the residence and the cemetery so that the cemetery would be separated from the residence.
But now the 'Ud cemetery is full, and no one is buried there now, and there is no residence there now except for the caretaker who guards it so that no one climbs over the wall or harms it. However, the order was given to separate the residence from the cemetery. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned in your book *Al-Mukhtasar al-Fiqhi* that praying in the courtyard of a cemetery is not permissible. The question is about the person who lives in the cemetery, the caretaker and his family, or workers who have a residence inside the courtyard,
Answer:
inside the wall of the cemetery. Praying the obligatory prayer inside the wall of the cemetery is not permissible. Based on this, the old Riyadh cemetery, which is the 'Ud cemetery, had a residence inside the cemetery. During the lifetime of Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), he ordered the Permanent Committee to have a wall built between the residence and the cemetery so that the cemetery would be separated from the residence.
But now the 'Ud cemetery is full, and no one is buried there now, and there is no residence there now except for the caretaker who guards it so that no one climbs over the wall or harms it. However, the order was given to separate the residence from the cemetery. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [379 -2802] هل يجوز الصلاة في السكن داخل المقبرة إذا كان يسكن فيها الحارس وعائلته؟ — youtube.com
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