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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the response to those who cite the saying of Allah the Exalted: “We will surely take for them a mosque” as evidence for the permissibility of placing graves in mosques?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: Some people have appeared in certain media outlets claiming that it is permissible to place graves in mosques, and they cited the words of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Kahf:
We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا
[Al-Kahf 18:21]
How should one respond to them?

Answer:
The verse refutes them,
Said those who prevailed in the matterقَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ
[Al-Kahf 18:21]
, He said,
those who prevailed in the matterالَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ
[Al-Kahf 18:21]
, and they did not accept the advice, and they persisted in building upon them. This is a matter of condemnation of them. This is a matter of condemnation of them. His saying,
Said those who prevailed in the matterقَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ
[Al-Kahf 18:21]
, is a matter of condemnation of them, and that they followed their own opinion and did not accept the advice.
And this person who says that it is permissible to build over graves, or that it is permissible to place graves in mosques, is opposing the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). I say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who did this and warned against this. So this person is opposing the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), defying the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and calling to shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2518- 4717] ما الرد على من يستدل بقوله تعالى:﴿لنتخذن عليهم مسجدا﴾ على جواز وضع القبور في المساجد؟ — youtube.com

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