The Ruling on Praying Toward a Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it valid to pray facing a grave?
Answer:
No, it is not valid to face a grave. This is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). One does not pray, and even if one prays with the grave behind one’s back, it is not permissible. It is not permissible at the grave, not in front of it, not with one’s back to it, not to its right, and not to its left. The ground of the grave is not to be used for prayer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it valid to pray facing a grave?
Answer:
No, it is not valid to face a grave. This is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). One does not pray, and even if one prays with the grave behind one’s back, it is not permissible. It is not permissible at the grave, not in front of it, not with one’s back to it, not to its right, and not to its left. The ground of the grave is not to be used for prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 52 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/اتخاذ القبور مساجد/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:51)
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