There is a cemetery in front of our mosque, and there is no other mosque except in another village. What is the ruling on praying in it?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am a young man who came from outside the Kingdom, and I live in a village where there is a cemetery in front of its mosque, and there is no other mosque except in another village.
Answer:
If the cemetery is separated from the mosque by an open space of land or a road, there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is if the cemetery or the grave is attached to the mosque. Understand the difference between these two. Otherwise, most of the lands have cemeteries near the graves, but they are separated. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am a young man who came from outside the Kingdom, and I live in a village where there is a cemetery in front of its mosque, and there is no other mosque except in another village.
Answer:
If the cemetery is separated from the mosque by an open space of land or a road, there is no harm in that. What is forbidden is if the cemetery or the grave is attached to the mosque. Understand the difference between these two. Otherwise, most of the lands have cemeteries near the graves, but they are separated. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [863 /1350] أمام مسجدنا مقبرة، وليس هناك مسجد آخر إلا في قرية أخرى، فما حكم الصلاة فيه؟ — youtube.com
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