The ruling on praying in mosques that contain graves
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Question:
Most mosques in the Islamic world have graves inside them or in their adjacent courtyards. Do they abandon the congregation because of this?
Answer:
One does not pray in a mosque that has a grave in it. One does not pray there. The people of wisdom should be rebuked with kind words, advised with good phrases, and told that this is not permissible. If the grave is the cause, the grave should be exhumed and moved to the cemetery. However, if the mosque was built over an old grave and then the mosque collapsed, the cemetery remains valid. Yes.
The scholars, the people of good, and the righteous rulers must cooperate on this matter so that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is known, along with its causes and means, and so that tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is known and its proofs are understood. This is necessary. But among the calamities is the presence of bad scholars who confused the people and whom the people called scholars, while they were actually callers to shirk and other things. So the affliction became great because of the bad scholars and the callers to falsehood. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Most mosques in the Islamic world have graves inside them or in their adjacent courtyards. Do they abandon the congregation because of this?
Answer:
One does not pray in a mosque that has a grave in it. One does not pray there. The people of wisdom should be rebuked with kind words, advised with good phrases, and told that this is not permissible. If the grave is the cause, the grave should be exhumed and moved to the cemetery. However, if the mosque was built over an old grave and then the mosque collapsed, the cemetery remains valid. Yes.
The scholars, the people of good, and the righteous rulers must cooperate on this matter so that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is known, along with its causes and means, and so that tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is known and its proofs are understood. This is necessary. But among the calamities is the presence of bad scholars who confused the people and whom the people called scholars, while they were actually callers to shirk and other things. So the affliction became great because of the bad scholars and the callers to falsehood. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (1:15:12)
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