What is the ruling on praying in a mosque that people recently discovered was built on graves and the bones of the dead?
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The questioner:
A questioner says: We had an old mosque, and then we removed it to renovate it. During the digging operations, it was found that this land contained graves and the bones of the dead. So we built the mosque, or they built the mosque. He asks: What is the ruling on praying in this mosque now?
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for them to move the bones and the remains of the graves to the cemetery and clean the mosque of them, and then pray in it; there is no harm in that. However, if the graves are still in it, it is not permissible to pray in it. This requires... this and what is in it? The mosque.
The questioner:
As mentioned.
The Shaykh:
If they are in the Kingdom, they must go to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, and it will look into this and remove the obstacle. Yes.
A questioner says: We had an old mosque, and then we removed it to renovate it. During the digging operations, it was found that this land contained graves and the bones of the dead. So we built the mosque, or they built the mosque. He asks: What is the ruling on praying in this mosque now?
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for them to move the bones and the remains of the graves to the cemetery and clean the mosque of them, and then pray in it; there is no harm in that. However, if the graves are still in it, it is not permissible to pray in it. This requires... this and what is in it? The mosque.
The questioner:
As mentioned.
The Shaykh:
If they are in the Kingdom, they must go to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, and it will look into this and remove the obstacle. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حُكم الصلاة في مسجد اكتشف الناس مؤخرًا أنه مبني على قبور وعظام للأموات؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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