Ruling on digging up a grave to build a mosque in its place
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: We built a mosque in our village, and we did not find a location except one that contained a grave, so we dug up the grave, and then we built the mosque.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
We built a mosque in our village, and we did not find a location except one that contained a grave, so we dug up the grave and then built a mosque in this location. Is what we did valid?
The Shaykh:
Do not dig up graves except with a fatwa from the competent authority, such as the Department of Ifta, the head of Ifta. The judge in the town writes a report about this grave or these graves, writes a report about them, and sends it to Ifta, and they look into it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: We built a mosque in our village, and we did not find a location except one that contained a grave, so we dug up the grave, and then we built the mosque.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
We built a mosque in our village, and we did not find a location except one that contained a grave, so we dug up the grave and then built a mosque in this location. Is what we did valid?
The Shaykh:
Do not dig up graves except with a fatwa from the competent authority, such as the Department of Ifta, the head of Ifta. The judge in the town writes a report about this grave or these graves, writes a report about them, and sends it to Ifta, and they look into it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:13:07)
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