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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on performing the funeral prayer in a courtyard that contains statues?

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Question:
This person is asking about a place in some countries where there is a courtyard in which they pray over the dead, and then a man came and built statues in it.

Answer:
We say that this statue must be demolished because it is an abomination. This statue must be demolished because it is an abomination. And he says that the one who built it claims that he saw such and such in a dream. This is a false dream, a false dream, and it is not permissible to act upon it. Building statues is not permissible. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلاة الجنازة في ساحة بها نصب؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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