A mosque located near a cemetery
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Fatwa No. ( 19755 )
Q: We built a mosque on our property, and a village cemetery is located near it, three meters away from the mosque. The cemetery is not in front of it, nor in the direction of the qiblah. This mosque is reinforced with dimensions of (9×6), and its height has reached two and a half meters. It is a congregational mosque, not a Friday mosque. Please note that there is no alternative to this mosque. Is it permissible to complete its construction, or should we change its location to a spot near the original site? May Allah protect you.
A: If the situation is as you described in the question, namely that the cemetery
is not adjacent to the mosque, but separate from it, then there is no objection to keeping this mosque and praying in it, as there is no harm in that. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: We built a mosque on our property, and a village cemetery is located near it, three meters away from the mosque. The cemetery is not in front of it, nor in the direction of the qiblah. This mosque is reinforced with dimensions of (9×6), and its height has reached two and a half meters. It is a congregational mosque, not a Friday mosque. Please note that there is no alternative to this mosque. Is it permissible to complete its construction, or should we change its location to a spot near the original site? May Allah protect you.
A: If the situation is as you described in the question, namely that the cemetery
is not adjacent to the mosque, but separate from it, then there is no objection to keeping this mosque and praying in it, as there is no harm in that. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Source
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