The Danger of Building Mosques on Graves for Future Generations
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Question:
How serious is this for future generations, Shaykh Salih, for the sons and daughters?
Answer:
The danger is immense, because the coming generations, the common people, and the ignorant all grow up with this practice and consider building mosques on graves to be part of the religion. Therefore, many of them do not pay attention to or care about mosques that are free of graves, and they consider such mosques to be incomplete. They do not revere or respect any mosque except those built on graves, as a result of ignorance and as a result of Satan’s temptation and his making it attractive to people. So the matter is serious, and neglecting this issue is a great thing, because it is a call to misguidance. Generations of people grow up thinking it is the truth, considering it part of the religion, and believing that a mosque without a grave has no importance and is incomplete in their view. Whereas the opposite is the correct view: the mosque that is not built on a grave is the valid, recognized mosque in the sight of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), which is a house among the houses of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), where prayer is multiplied when performed in congregation. As for the mosque built on a grave, it is a deviation, and it is not truly a mosque. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
How serious is this for future generations, Shaykh Salih, for the sons and daughters?
Answer:
The danger is immense, because the coming generations, the common people, and the ignorant all grow up with this practice and consider building mosques on graves to be part of the religion. Therefore, many of them do not pay attention to or care about mosques that are free of graves, and they consider such mosques to be incomplete. They do not revere or respect any mosque except those built on graves, as a result of ignorance and as a result of Satan’s temptation and his making it attractive to people. So the matter is serious, and neglecting this issue is a great thing, because it is a call to misguidance. Generations of people grow up thinking it is the truth, considering it part of the religion, and believing that a mosque without a grave has no importance and is incomplete in their view. Whereas the opposite is the correct view: the mosque that is not built on a grave is the valid, recognized mosque in the sight of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), which is a house among the houses of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), where prayer is multiplied when performed in congregation. As for the mosque built on a grave, it is a deviation, and it is not truly a mosque. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4531- أدلة بطلان الصلاة في المساجد المبنية على القبور ووجه الدلالة منها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (6:52)
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