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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on the dome above the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the dome above the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh:
This is a roof. The chamber was roofed on the day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in it. It is roofed; the most that can be said is that they changed the roof from wood and clay to a dome. There is no harm in that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: What is the ruling on this statement? I ask you by the right

The Shaykh:
The domes over the other graves, that is what is not permissible, because it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah) and to exalting them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade building over graves.
The Prophet’s chamber was not built for the sake of the grave; it was built as a residence, a residence for the Messenger and for Aisha. He was buried in it (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was preserved with its walls and its roof, preserving his grave (peace and blessings be upon him) from extremism and from the actions of the ignorant, that is, preserving it. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "If it were not for that, meaning the fear of shirk, if it were not for that, his grave would have been made prominent, except that it was feared that it would be taken as a mosque, that people would pray facing it." Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [728 -954] ما حكم القبة التي فوق قبر النبي ﷺ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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