What is the ruling on the prayer of one who prayed in a mosque containing a grave, without knowing about it?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We are a group who traveled to Egypt and prayed in a mosque called the Mosque of Lady Zaynab. There is a grave at the end of the mosque, and we did not know about it, meaning about this grave. The question is: What is the ruling on the prayer we performed in this mosque?
The Shaykh:
The ruling is to repeat it. Repeat your prayer, because praying in a mosque that contains a grave is not valid, even if you did not know. Usually, the grave is obvious, with domes and things on it, and curtains, so it is not hidden. They honor it greatly and make offerings to it, and it is not hidden. The grave in the mosque among the superstitious people. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Naming it the Mosque of Zaynab, Lady Zaynab, this is clear that it is on the grave of Lady Nafisa. The Mosque of al-Husayn is not named anything other than the names of those buried in it. Yes, whether it is true or not, because al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was not buried in Egypt. This is a lie. They say his head was buried in Egypt, and this is a lie, because the head of al-Husayn did not go to Egypt. He was killed in Karbala (may Allah be pleased with him) in Iraq, and it is said that his head was taken to Yazid in the Levant. Allah knows best. Nothing from al-Husayn went to Egypt, neither his head nor his body. And the Shaykh al-Islam wrote a treatise on this, titled "The Head of al-Husayn," and refuted those who say that al-Husayn is buried in Egypt. In fact, it is said that the one buried there is a Christian, not a Muslim. Yes.
The questioner:
And with that, is the prayer in the Mosque of al-Husayn in Egypt to be repeated, or does it remain as it is? The prayer in the Mosque of al-Husayn.
The Shaykh:
It is to be repeated. The prayer in a mosque that contains a grave is to be repeated, because there is a grave in it. However, it is not the grave of al-Husayn. They lie, and they say that it is perhaps the grave of a Christian, or, if Allah wills, the grave of a Muslim. It is not permissible to pray in it. As long as it is on a grave, it is not permissible to pray in it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We are a group who traveled to Egypt and prayed in a mosque called the Mosque of Lady Zaynab. There is a grave at the end of the mosque, and we did not know about it, meaning about this grave. The question is: What is the ruling on the prayer we performed in this mosque?
The Shaykh:
The ruling is to repeat it. Repeat your prayer, because praying in a mosque that contains a grave is not valid, even if you did not know. Usually, the grave is obvious, with domes and things on it, and curtains, so it is not hidden. They honor it greatly and make offerings to it, and it is not hidden. The grave in the mosque among the superstitious people. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Naming it the Mosque of Zaynab, Lady Zaynab, this is clear that it is on the grave of Lady Nafisa. The Mosque of al-Husayn is not named anything other than the names of those buried in it. Yes, whether it is true or not, because al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was not buried in Egypt. This is a lie. They say his head was buried in Egypt, and this is a lie, because the head of al-Husayn did not go to Egypt. He was killed in Karbala (may Allah be pleased with him) in Iraq, and it is said that his head was taken to Yazid in the Levant. Allah knows best. Nothing from al-Husayn went to Egypt, neither his head nor his body. And the Shaykh al-Islam wrote a treatise on this, titled "The Head of al-Husayn," and refuted those who say that al-Husayn is buried in Egypt. In fact, it is said that the one buried there is a Christian, not a Muslim. Yes.
The questioner:
And with that, is the prayer in the Mosque of al-Husayn in Egypt to be repeated, or does it remain as it is? The prayer in the Mosque of al-Husayn.
The Shaykh:
It is to be repeated. The prayer in a mosque that contains a grave is to be repeated, because there is a grave in it. However, it is not the grave of al-Husayn. They lie, and they say that it is perhaps the grave of a Christian, or, if Allah wills, the grave of a Muslim. It is not permissible to pray in it. As long as it is on a grave, it is not permissible to pray in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلاة من صلى في مسجد فيه قبر ولم يكن يعلم بذلك؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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