Is it permissible to walk over graveyards or to open a road over them?
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The questioner : Please, go ahead. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Good morning.
The Shaykh : Good morning.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Muhammad?
The Shaykh : Yes, and all praise is due to Allah.
The questioner : I wanted to ask you, Shaykh. We have a farm, and a group of our neighbors have farms, and they have only one road. They have another road, but only large vehicles, like Toyotas and such, can go down it, while small cars drive on the first road, but part of it has graveyards. These graveyards are old, about a hundred years old, I don’t know. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah on this, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : You mean the road is over the graveyards.
The questioner : No, I mean there are graveyards in about a hundred meters of it.
The Shaykh : Yes, but...
The questioner : The road, the road...
The Shaykh : Over the graveyards, the road passes over the graveyards.
The questioner : It passes over them, meaning they drive over the graveyards, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, this is not permissible.
The questioner : Okay, so what is the solution, meaning how can this be resolved?
The Shaykh : The solution, may Allah bless you, is that you go to the judge and the municipality to resolve the problem. The municipality handles the technical aspects, and the judge handles the religious aspects.
The questioner : Yes, yes. Okay, Shaykh, regarding what they say, meaning we take out some of the graves that are visible, and it’s not a problem to walk over them, and so on. I don’t know how? They say some of them, if we take out the bones and such that are visible, and we walk on the same road, it is very normal.
The Shaykh : What if someone needed to pass by your house, would you be pleased for them to demolish your house and evict you so that it becomes a street?
The questioner : No, absolutely not.
The Shaykh : These are the owners of the graves, and they are the most deserving people of their land.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : Good morning.
The Shaykh : Good morning.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Muhammad?
The Shaykh : Yes, and all praise is due to Allah.
The questioner : I wanted to ask you, Shaykh. We have a farm, and a group of our neighbors have farms, and they have only one road. They have another road, but only large vehicles, like Toyotas and such, can go down it, while small cars drive on the first road, but part of it has graveyards. These graveyards are old, about a hundred years old, I don’t know. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah on this, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : You mean the road is over the graveyards.
The questioner : No, I mean there are graveyards in about a hundred meters of it.
The Shaykh : Yes, but...
The questioner : The road, the road...
The Shaykh : Over the graveyards, the road passes over the graveyards.
The questioner : It passes over them, meaning they drive over the graveyards, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, this is not permissible.
The questioner : Okay, so what is the solution, meaning how can this be resolved?
The Shaykh : The solution, may Allah bless you, is that you go to the judge and the municipality to resolve the problem. The municipality handles the technical aspects, and the judge handles the religious aspects.
The questioner : Yes, yes. Okay, Shaykh, regarding what they say, meaning we take out some of the graves that are visible, and it’s not a problem to walk over them, and so on. I don’t know how? They say some of them, if we take out the bones and such that are visible, and we walk on the same road, it is very normal.
The Shaykh : What if someone needed to pass by your house, would you be pleased for them to demolish your house and evict you so that it becomes a street?
The questioner : No, absolutely not.
The Shaykh : These are the owners of the graves, and they are the most deserving people of their land.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1665- هل يجوز المشي فوق المقابر او فتح طريق فوقها/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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