There is a cemetery near our village, and a road has been built over it, and people sit on it. Is that permissible?
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The questioner : The second question says: There is a cemetery near our village, and roads have been built over it, and people sit on them. Is that permissible for them?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to make Muslim cemeteries into roads... for people to pass through or sit on, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sitting on graves and saidMishkat al-Masabih 1699.
It is obligatory for you to report this to your authorities, whether the municipality, the court, the Commission for Promoting Good and Forbidding Evil, or the person in charge of this matter, so that this road is removed and the cemeteries of Muslims are respected. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to make Muslim cemeteries into roads... for people to pass through or sit on, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sitting on graves and said
It is better that one of you should sit on live coals which burn his clothing and come in contact with his skin than that he should sit on a grave
لأن يجلس أحدكم على جمرة فتخرق ثيابه فتمضي إلى جلده خير له من أن يجلس على القبرIt is obligatory for you to report this to your authorities, whether the municipality, the court, the Commission for Promoting Good and Forbidding Evil, or the person in charge of this matter, so that this road is removed and the cemeteries of Muslims are respected. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.