The Ruling on the Dome over the Grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding the dome over the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? And is the scholars' acceptance of it evidence for its permissibility?
Answer:
The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not in the mosque, but rather in his house, in the room of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). They buried him in his house to protect him from extremism, because if they had exposed his grave and buried him in al-Baqi', people would have flocked to it. So they buried him in his grave to protect and preserve him, and his grave and his room were outside the mosque, until the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs ended. When the era of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan came, and when the era of al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik came, and al-Walid was fond of building and construction, and he wanted to expand the area around the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he ordered the room to be brought inside the mosque as an act of independent reasoning (ijtihad). He did not consult the people of knowledge, and the people of knowledge did not approve of it, and he did not consult them. This was merely a political action.
In any case, the grave remains in the house and remains in the Prophet's room, and it is not in the mosque. Even if it is considered inside the mosque, that is an error. However, removing and isolating it from the mosque now would establish fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and bring about greater evils. Therefore, they left it as it is out of fear of fitnah and the occurrence of something more severe, such as the shedding of blood and the like.
So its remaining, while maintaining it, guarding it, regulating it, and calling people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and denying what occurs there of shirk (associating partners with Allah)—now, praise be to Allah, shirk does not appear there. And if a person harbors something in his heart or says something in the secrecy of his heart, that is between him and his self, and Allah alone knows it. But this does not appear outwardly.
So praise be to Allah, no one slaughters at the grave, no one makes vows to the grave, and voices are not raised in supplication to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). All of this, praise be to Allah, is prohibited. This is by the blessing of the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said, "O Allah, do not make my grave an idol to be worshipped." Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "So the Lord of the Worlds answered his supplication and surrounded it with three walls." And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding the dome over the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? And is the scholars' acceptance of it evidence for its permissibility?
Answer:
The grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not in the mosque, but rather in his house, in the room of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). They buried him in his house to protect him from extremism, because if they had exposed his grave and buried him in al-Baqi', people would have flocked to it. So they buried him in his grave to protect and preserve him, and his grave and his room were outside the mosque, until the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs ended. When the era of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan came, and when the era of al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik came, and al-Walid was fond of building and construction, and he wanted to expand the area around the grave of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he ordered the room to be brought inside the mosque as an act of independent reasoning (ijtihad). He did not consult the people of knowledge, and the people of knowledge did not approve of it, and he did not consult them. This was merely a political action.
In any case, the grave remains in the house and remains in the Prophet's room, and it is not in the mosque. Even if it is considered inside the mosque, that is an error. However, removing and isolating it from the mosque now would establish fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and bring about greater evils. Therefore, they left it as it is out of fear of fitnah and the occurrence of something more severe, such as the shedding of blood and the like.
So its remaining, while maintaining it, guarding it, regulating it, and calling people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and denying what occurs there of shirk (associating partners with Allah)—now, praise be to Allah, shirk does not appear there. And if a person harbors something in his heart or says something in the secrecy of his heart, that is between him and his self, and Allah alone knows it. But this does not appear outwardly.
So praise be to Allah, no one slaughters at the grave, no one makes vows to the grave, and voices are not raised in supplication to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). All of this, praise be to Allah, is prohibited. This is by the blessing of the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said, "O Allah, do not make my grave an idol to be worshipped." Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "So the Lord of the Worlds answered his supplication and surrounded it with three walls." And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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